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...Seldom have I found an essay to be more off the mark. Sullivan's only correct statement is that Bush faces re-election problems. Although Churchill was indeed a great leader, Sullivan's claim that "he was the difference between victory and defeat" carries things way too far. It was the British navy and air force that kept the Nazis from invading Britain. But final victory required having Russia and the U.S. on Britain's side. So whether the British Prime Minister had been Neville Chamberlain or Winston Churchill or Clement Attlee, there would not have been a British defeat...
Spain's most celebrated director is in trouble for a bit of unscripted dialogue. In Madrid last week, the nation's naughty auteur PEDRO ALMODOVAR said Spain's outgoing Popular Party tried to hatch a coup the day before its defeat in the March 14 election. The party denied the charge and threatened to sue the director for slander. Almodovar says he "just echoed a sea of rumors." Hey, can Bill Clinton sue anyone...
...first Harvard must defeat Maine, a team that went 30-7-3 and finished one point behind Boston College during the Hockey East regular season. But while the Eagles were sitting home licking their wounds and trying to figure out how they were shown the playoff door by BU, the Black Bears were skating through the Hockey East tournament, eventually emerging late last Saturday with a 2-1 win over UMass in triple overtime...
...second game at the East Regional in Albany is only of passing interest to Crimson fans, unless Harvard manages to defeat Maine in the early game. In that case, Cambridge eyes will be glued to the outcome of the Ohio State-Wisconsin contest which starts at 8:30 p.m. and determines what team will face the Maine-Harvard winner...
Following her semifinal defeat, Hall rebounded with her decisive victory over Quibell, to whom she had fallen twice this past season in intercollegiate play. The most recent time was a swift three-game loss in Yale’s 6-3 semifinal win over Harvard at February’s Howe Cup, where the Bulldogs went on to claim the national title. The other loss took four games in the Crimson’s 7-2 dual-match defeat earlier in the month...