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Harvard women’s tennis continued to establish itself as one of the teams to beat in the Ivy League with victories in doubles and singles play at this weekend’s Harvard Fall Classic at the Robert M. Beren Tennis Center. The Crimson showcased its young talent with another outstanding individual performance from freshman Hideko Tachibana, who won both the Flight A doubles and singles championship. Players from Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, as well as the University of Texas at San Antonio took to the courts on Friday with first rounds of doubles and singles...
...size.It was a lopsided matchup, one that Harvard couldn’t win, so the Crimson tried to prevent it from being the focal point of the game. For most of the game, Winters was confined to screen plays and short passes while Harvard tried to establish its running attack. The Crimson also attempted to keep Randolph from breaking out by pestering him with an extra player rushing into the backfield and sticking his receivers with man coverage.Neither strategy was as effective as Harvard would have liked. Junior Gino Gordon and rookie Treavor Scales had modest success running the ball...
...fourth quarter, contributing two yards in as many carries, but it was clear that some of the wind had been taken of Gordon, as well as the Crimson offense.RUNNING ON EMPTYAside from the Gordon-anchored touchdown drive in the third quarter, Harvard struggled to establish a solid run game.Despite earning only two yards in the fourth quarter, Gordon led the Crimson’s rushing front with 67 yards and a touchdown.With Gordon out of the game, freshman Treavor Scales took the reins. Forced to step up, the rookie contributed 11 yards in the fourth after running...
...inevitable. It's natural for rising powers to extend their reach and rub up against each other. China and India, says C. Uday Bhaskar, director of the National Maritime Foundation, a think tank attached to the Indian navy, need to "evolve some kind of modus vivendi as they establish themselves in the Indian Ocean." But few can divine what that may look like. Part of the problem is that despite booming trade between India and China, there is little political understanding between their governments. "They engage very superficially," says Pant. "There's rarely consensus on any of the fundamental issues...
...decision will surely raise alarms in the corridors of power in Ukraine, Georgia and other NATO-inclined countries in the former Soviet bloc, who saw the battle over the missile shield as a litmus test of Obama's willingness to stand up to Russia's efforts to re-establish its hegemony in its post-World War II sphere of influence...