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...apart. In 1800 Napoléon Bonaparte compelled Spain to give him the Louisiana Territory, which he planned to make the hub of a New World empire. President Thomas Jefferson was so alarmed, he considered making an alliance with Britain to drive the French out. But when the French troops en route to occupying Louisiana died of yellow fever in Haiti, Napoléon decided to cut his losses and sold the territory to the U.S. for the bargain price of $15 million. By 1861, however, Napoléon's nephew Napoléon III was ready to try another New World power play...
...both cases, the Crimson was eventually overrun by its opponents.PRINCETON 3, HARVARD 1Entering Saturday’s match against Harvard, the Tigers had not lost a home match in Dillon Gym since 2005, and this weekend was no different. Top-ranked Princeton out-hit and out-blocked the Crimson en route to a convincing victory.Poor hitting cost the Crimson the first game, as the squad recorded 11 errors and only nine kills for a -.053 hitting percentage. The Tigers, meanwhile, posted 16 kills on .225 hitting, and the result was a relatively easy victory in game one.Both sides stepped...
...security may trump the economy in the minds of voters, which will help Molina. The bulk of Colombian cocaine en route to the United States passes through Guatemala and the narco industry has had an impact even on the country's politics. Several alleged drug kingpins ran for local office in areas along key trafficking routes during the first round of voting in September...
...into the bottom-left corner of the net for her third goal of the season. The weather, which almost always has a detrimental effect on goalkeepers, had little effect on Harvard’s netminder. Mann, who has an league-leading 69 saves on the season, made four saves en route to blanking the Big Green. “[Dartmouth] was pressuring us a lot, and the defense did very well to keep the ball out,†Mann said. “I think I had to dive once.†In addition to her nine shutouts...
...environmental action, and to a greater extent political activity, is shaped. We’re witnessing a battle between two very different camps: those who believe change must come from the hallways of D.C. and others who think the very opposite—it’s the people, en masse, who will make the difference...