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Princeton had been in sole possession of first place for most of the season, but Penn’s 3-1 defeat of Harvard at Ohiri Field on Saturday afternoon, coupled with Dartmouth’s victory over Brown and Princeton’s 1-0 loss to Yale on Saturday night, set up the three...
...Afghanistan collapsed into factional fighting following the Soviet defeat in 1989, al-Zawahiri ushered back to Egypt many of the Arab veterans of the war. There they became Al Jihad operatives, dedicated to Mubarak's overthrow. Meanwhile, al-Zawahiri and bin Laden relocated to Sudan. Most of the missions that al-Zawahiri launched into Egypt, including separate attempts to assassinate the Prime Minister and a former Interior Minister, ended in failure. The successful bombing of the Egyptian embassy in Pakistan was the demented high point of the campaign. Mubarak's security forces responded with a ferocious crackdown in which hundreds...
Harvard enters play looking to end the season on a three-game winning streak. The Crimson defeated Columbia 2-1 last Saturday on the strength of sophomore midfielder Katie Westfall’s second goal of the season. Earlier in the week, Westfall assisted on junior forward Beth Totman’s winning goal in a 1-0 defeat of Hartford that stopped a season-long three-game losing streak for Harvard...
This type of grace, shown both in victory and defeat, makes me sad to see the Yankee dynasty end. In contrast to many of today’s dysfunctional clubhouses where millionaire athletes often set bad examples, the Yankees are the blueprint for a classy champion...
Mazar-i-Sharif is the strategic linchpin of Northern Afghanistan. Military strategists consider the capture of the city essential - both to prove the battle-worthiness of the Northern Alliance and also for the ultimate defeat of the Taliban. The capture of the city has also been deemed a necessary victory before the onset of Ramadan and winter...