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...vocalists, long a part of Afghan tradition, were silenced from 1996-2001 by the puritanical Taliban regime, which regarded song as un-Islamic, and had many musicians arrested and beaten. Now, three years after the Taliban defeat, singers are wandering back from exile in Europe and the U.S. to a tumultuous welcome, and Kabul's virtuosos have unearthed the instruments they buried in their gardens. Songs blast from Kabul shops, and more than a dozen radio stations flourish around the country. Mirwais, one of the first to sing in public after the Taliban's ouster, is at the vanguard...
AMHERST, Mass.—Charged with crafting a scheme to defeat both New Hampshire and the Mullins Center’s larger surface, Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 opted for a two-pronged approach: practice off-campus on Olympic-sized rinks during the week, then unveil a speedy and newly constituted fourth line better suited for the ice sheet come game time...
...fourth straight year, Harvard failed to advance past the first round. The culprit this time: a 3-2 overtime defeat that marked the end of seven Harvard careers—those of seniors Brendan Bernakevitch, Tom Cavanagh, Rob Flynn, Dov Grumet-Morris, Andrew Lederman, Ryan Lannon, and Noah Welch—and that marked, at the same time, the continuation of an ugly tournament streak...
Against the third-ranked team in the nation, Harvard performed valiantly but inevitably showed the rust and inexperience that doomed the team over the course of its road trip in a five-inning defeat...
...Crimson (26-6-3) advanced to its third straight NCAA final with a thorough 4-1 defeat of ECAC foe St. Lawrence (27-8-5) in the Frozen Four on March...