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Lars Nelson overcame a poor second set to defeat Crimson co-captain Joe Green, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, to tie the match. The final game of the afternoon was at No. 4 singles, where Harvard junior Andrew Styperek was taking on Matt Cox. Cox won the first set 7-6 (7-4) lost the second 6-7 (7-2) and then broke at 5-4 in the third to win the match...
...ahead in the court battle, but the relatives fighting to keep Elian Gonzalez in Miami aren't about to concede defeat. Facing a last chance Wednesday to accept an INS demand that he sign a commitment to peacefully surrender the boy if they lose their legal appeal - or else lose his temporary custody of Elian on Thursday - Lazaro Gonzalez and his family appear to remain defiant. The only circumstance under which they'd surrender the boy, his daughter Marisleysis told CNN Tuesday, was if Elian's father came to their home in Miami and the boy wanted to leave with...
...reason to slight the guy who wants to rub in who lost on the front page of the New York Times. In the past Bush's supporters made much of McCain's temper. Yet they must be concerned that Bush seems more irritated in victory than McCain does in defeat...
...Crimson blew a 5-3 halftime lead last season against the Bulldogs en route to a narrow 10-9 defeat, but Harvard has performed much better in close contests this season and has legitimate shot at knocking off the Elis...
McCain braved the forces of his party leadership to defeat this anointed candidate, pledging to reform the political system if given the chance. I found his platform compelling for this reason alone, but his strategy of appealing to Democrats to win the Republican nomination seems tactically myopic, or at the very least, deserving of some other conjoined big words. And he lost...