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...fact that Princeton survived several brushes with defeat this season is not to say that the Tigers are unworthy of the Ivy title and the automatic NCAA bid. Princeton’s ability to endure those pressure situations and come out victorious time after time is exactly why they should be the Ivy representative in the Big Dance. The NCAA tournament is a pressure-filled environment, and the fact that the Tigers have learned to thrive under such circumstances will serve them well...
...loss was Harvard coach Frank Sullivan’s 200th with the Crimson. A win would have been his 142nd at Harvard, tying Floyd Wilson for the school record. The defeat also postpones the Crimson’s quest for its 150th win at Lavietes Pavilion to next season...
...seem to have some ability to be very competitive in doubles this year, which is really important for us,” Crimson coach David Fish said after his team’s 4-3 defeat of Minnesota, in which the doubles point proved the deciding factor...
Wartime leaders have always faced the worst fear: defeat in battle. But in democracies at least, war leaders also confront another danger: success. The qualities that make for great statesmanship in wartime--determination, a single focus on victory, a black-and-white conviction of who is friend or foe--can often seem crude or overbearing when peace comes around. The most dramatic example of this in Western history is Winston Churchill. It is no exaggeration to say that without him, Britain may well have been destroyed by Hitler. He was the difference between victory and defeat. But almost the minute...
...epitome of rehabilitated," in 1976 founded a nonprofit group to help delinquent youths, which now has a multimillion-dollar budget. Last week, amid a barrage of criticism, he resigned as chairman but will stay on Smith & Wesson's board. Anti-gun lobbyists hope this embarrassment will help them defeat a bill in Congress that would shield gunmakers from crime-victim lawsuits. Says Mike Barnes, head of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence: "Only in the N.R.A.'s America can a company chaired by a onetime violent hoodlum be on the verge of being given a license to behave negligently...