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Against No. 45 William & Mary on Saturday, Harvard got on the scoreboard first by winning two-of-three doubles matches to earn the doubles point...
...want. While the rest of the publishing industry chases after bestsellers, university presses are designed to print academically important but economically unviable works of scholarship. According to an article by Sisler in Learned Publishing magazine, university presses produce nearly 15 percent of the titles published annually, but earn under two percent of total industry revenues, and account for just one tenth of a percent of all books sold in the country...
...account for Saddam's history of disastrous miscalculations, especially in war. In 1980 he saw the revolutionary confusion inside Iran as a golden opportunity. No military expert, yet commander in chief, he thought a quick strike by his superior forces could snatch back some disputed territory from Iran and earn gratitude from Arab regimes for slaying the Persian fundamentalist Shi'ite threat. But his army failed to break Ayatullah Khomeini's revolutionary forces for eight years. Whenever they threatened to conquer pieces of his territory, he shelled them with lethal chemicals, setting a pattern of resorting to extreme measures anytime...
...will return with a chance to match the school record of three consecutive Ivy Player of the Year awards set by Allison Feaster ’98. Feaster is the only athlete in conference history to win her sport’s Rookie of the Year award and then earn three consecutive Player of the Year honors. Peljto will likely become the second if she can avoid injury next season...
...cross the neutral zone for the three minutes prior to Tallus’ game-winner, which was set up by Erika Holst at the 4:19 mark. Ruggiero and Tallus each happened to be her team’s leaders in penalty minutes, but only one could earn redemption...