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...loss puts a serious dent in Harvard’s hopes for an at-large NCAA bid. With No. 6 Boston College’s 5-2 victory over Northeastern in the late game of the Beanpot semifinals, last night’s contest marked the final chance Harvard would have at knocking-off a ranked non-conference foe. The Crimson finished the season 0-5-1 in such games...
...Minister from 2000 to 2002. As his recent poll numbers rose thanks to superb TV- debate performances, his foes avoided the personal attacks that characterized the last election and contributed to the demonization, and perhaps even the murder, of Fortuyn. But with arguments against Labor policies failing to dent Bos' popularity, the CDA and its preferred coalition partner, the Liberals, have now taken aim. Liberal leader Gerrit Zalm accused Bos of lying about Labor's financial plans. And CDA M.P. Gerda Verburg went a bit lower. "We're told the whole day how charming and attractive Bos is," she told...
...Nevertheless, it appears South Korea may have softened the U.S. stance somewhat. Unlike its nearly unilateral approach to Iraq, the Bush administration has been actively consulting with North Korea's neighbors during the nuclear crisis. Bush spent 15 minutes on the phone last week with Chinese Presi-dent Jiang Zemin. (China has urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear-wea-pons program.) Over the weekend, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs James Kelly was scheduled to meet with representatives of South Korea, China, Japan and other countries. More tellingly, the U.S. last week even opened a channel...
Other organizations, including representatives from final clubs, said switching to cans won’t make a major dent in their budgets...
Harvard got the ball back, but made just one first down before the Crusaders forced them to punt. As it turned out, the punt was all Holy Cross needed to make another dent in Harvard’s lead...