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...demands bribes, not only from me—the foreigner—but the impoverished families in the camps as well. Those who can’t pay are jailed en masse. Ask him why he does this, and he won’t publicly blame his own poverty. He echoes the minister, smiling at the wisdom of his explanation, “Zimbabwe is at war!” While official rhetoric at its best convinces—and in most cases just baffles—in Third World dictatorships like Zimbabwe, it excuses murder...
...with a 14-13 win over No. 3 Columbia, a team that was actually favored against the Crimson. With the score tied at 13 and one duel to go, senior Anne Austin, who had not lost a duel all afternoon, capped a 3-0 foil performance against the Lions en route to the victory. The win followed easier triumphs over Yale and Cornell in earlier action, by scores of 20-7 and 21-6, respectively. “We all came out really strong,” Austin said. “It was a very good meet, everyone sent...
BOSTON—Entering this, the 54th annual Beanpot tournament, Boston University had won 11 consecutive first-round games. And in last night’s opener against Harvard in TD Banknorth Garden, the Terriers led for all but the first 83 seconds en route to a 5-3 triumph and yet another first-Monday-in-February victory. “I thought we were ready for this,” said Crimson captain Peter Hafner. “I thought we were confident going in.” But the numbers are cruel, really. There are the 12 straight...
...knew he was really tired. So I just stayed up close, grabbed one of his feet and I got lucky.”HARVARD 31, PRINCETON 13In its Ivy League opener, the Crimson recorded two pins and a major decision against the Tigers (8-5, 0-4 EIWA) en route to its first EIWA win of the season. After a forfeit by Harvard at 125 lbs. and a no-contest at 133 lbs., the Crimson rolled to a 19-6 lead with four straight victories. Meltzer had an 18-5 major decision against Eric Marcotulli and Latessa pinned Andrew Sichel...
...been working on it, so I was pretty pleased with it tonight.” The Crimson held a 39-22 halftime advantage that shrunk to 14 on Columbia’s first bucket of the second half, but the lead ballooned back to 24 in the second half en route to the 23-point margin of victory. Rollins had 6 points in the second frame and led all Harvard scorers with 16 for the game, while Tay chipped in 12—10 in the second half—while also handing out four assists. The fact that...