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...left, the very definition of a vote utile is one that ensures defeat for Sarkozy, whose combative approach to governing has divided the French electorate on terms familiar to the last two U.S. presidents. Still, the former Interior Minister has consistently, although narrowly, led the polls all year, and has allowed his lieutenants to begin sketching plans for government as if their victory were assumed. But Sarkozy, too, faces a balancing act. Maintaining his two- to four-point lead over Royal depends on him continuing to attract at least some of the almost 17% of French voters who backed...
...between the two, the second varsity suffered a defeat when Brown took an early lead, then kept widening the gap for an eventual 12-second margin of victory, clocking in at 6:46.4 to Harvard?...
...Harvard women’s lacrosse team struck first in Saturday’s game against Princeton, but the Tigers had the last laugh in a 19-5 win over the Crimson. The defeat by No. 13 Princeton (6-4, 2-1 Ivy) in the Class of 1952 Stadium marks the sixth consecutive loss for Harvard (2-9, 0-3 Ivy). Sophomore attack Kaitlin Martin opened the scoring, notching an unassisted goal for the Crimson at the 4:19 mark. The goal came as a result of a new play the team implemented this week. However, the team?...
...racing,” sophomore Kayla Feld said.” “Three races is a lot to do in one day.”SUNDAYComing to the Charles River to face Radcliffe for the first time in its history, Columbia left town with a staggering defeat, as the Black and White captured all four races against the Lions by significant margins.The varsity eight streaked to an easy victory, winning by over 17 seconds with a time of 6:41.6. The second varsity eight posted an even more dominating effort, beating out Columbia by 33.6 seconds.In the varsity...
...HARVARD 0 Penn, coming in undefeated in the Ivy League, had little trouble with the depleted Harvard lineup. Litvak and Forgie won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles to give the Crimson its only win of the day. The Quakers’ Lenka Snajrova and Ekaterina Kominskaya easily defeated Brook and Mukundan, 8-1, in the top spot. While Curto—who is also a Crimson photography editor—and sophomore Rachel Gottlieb lost, 8-3, in the third doubles match, the match originally looked to be up for grabs with the score tied...