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...Pickering in judiciary means a floor debate, and that's where the Republicans could take a few hits. The reintroduction of Pickering's name prompted huffy Senate Democrats, led by minority leader Tom Daschle, to pledge a filibuster to defeat the nomination, as well as "a rich debate," according to Daschle, on the topic of race and the Republican Party...
Regardless of what the Warriors hoped to accomplish on Saturday, its most noticeable achievement in its 9-0 defeat was bringing out the best in Ruggiero and Harvard through its physical style of play...
Prasse-Freeman recorded eight assists to move past Tim Hill ’99 into first place on the Harvard all-time list, but the milestone was lost amid the 71-67 defeat to VMI in the consolation game...
...perhaps no surprise, then, that Rushing suffered a resounding 118-17 defeat, garnering six less votes than even snowball’s-chance Republican candidate Bradley H. Jones Jr. With the notable exceptions of the courageous representatives who voted to end Finneran’s tenure, the rank-and-file membership showed the same cowardice that has kept Finneran in office for three previous terms as speaker. When a referendum instructing representatives to vote against Finneran for speaker appeared on the ballot in 18 districts last year, all 18 passed it—but only three of those representatives voted...
...defeat came just three days after the Crimson (6-2, 4-1 Ivy) had dismantled the University of Miami, 168-92. That win itself came immediately on the heels of Harvard’s grueling week-long training trip to Key Largo...