Word: duals
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...intifadeh was supposed to free Palestinians from Israeli occupation, but it is fast pushing them into crime, poverty and gang war. Since the arrival of the Palestinian Authority seven years ago, the society of the West Bank and Gaza Strip has been cracking under the dual strains of Arafat's corrupt rule and continued occupation by Israel. The intifadeh took those fissures and blew them apart. This semi-anarchy has alarming consequences. Take a trip along the fault lines of Palestinian society and imagine what it is like to live astride them...
...beat. Graphic artists, fashion designers and filmmakers have been inspired to shrug off Tijuana's reputation as a cultural void and address the contrary realities of a place that's neither First World nor Third World; a culture that is neither Mexican nor American; an economy propelled by the dual engines of drug traffic and high-tech maquiladoras; a large, stable middle class sandwiched between grotesque poverty and excessive narco wealth. The goal, simply, is to transform the strangeness of Tijuana into...
...senior co-captains Deepak Abraham and Shondip Ghosh, Harvard turned the tables on Princeton by avenging last season's loss with a 5-4 victory on February 11. By far the biggest dual-match win of the season for Harvard, the triumph allowed the team to cruise into New Haven 10 days later and finish off an undefeated Ivy campaign. "The excitement was unbelievable, and the team spirit fantasticly high," said Ghosh, who engineered a heroic comeback from two games down to lift Harvard in the decisive ninth match...
...Make no mistake-the women's fencing team is back on the rise. One year after finishing just above the .500 mark, the Crimson blazed through the regular season in 2001, posting a remarkable 17-3 record in dual meets...
...January, the team began its dual meet season. Despite tough losses against Lehigh and Penn, Harvard went on to win seven consecutive meets by a combined score of 241-45 and an impressive 24 pins. Included in this streak was a decisive 28-13 win over Cornell-the first Crimson victory over the Big Red in seventeen years. This huge win put Harvard in the driver's seat for a share of the Ivy-League title. A solid victory over Brown then sealed this claim to the title, making this the Ivy champions of Harvard wrestling. Harvard holds the title...