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...Sarkozy's high first-round score reflects his success in seducing hard- and extreme-right voters, but he'll pay for that in the second round," predicts Pierre Moscovici, a Socialist Party heavyweight and vice-president of the European Parliament. While mainstream conservatives backing Sarkozy's tax-cutting, market-friendly economic polices may overlook his repeated pledges to help Le Pen voters "out of their ghetto" and into his camp, Moscovici warns that the hard-right lean will repel most people who supported Bayrou. "Sarkozy reminds me of Berlusconi," Moscovici comments. "The Italian right forgave him every excess, the Italian...
...yesterday’s first-round Beanpot matchup against Boston College (13-21-1), the Harvard baseball team fell by a 5-2 score at Fraser Field in Lynn, Mass...
...unusual question format. “The buzzer also worries me because in quiz bowl you can answer during the question, while on ‘Jeopardy!’ if you answer early, you’ll be locked out.” Even with a first-round knockout, Grand will walk away with at least $5,000. Whatever the outcome, Grand said she would save and invest some of the money, and spend some on travel. Her father said he thinks she should “further her education and have some fun with it at the same...
Finally, the NCAA Tournament is over.I write this with the utmost relief. Critics and professional sports writers thought this year’s tournament a comparative dud, devoid of drama and first-round upsets. An Elite Eight that featured three No.1 vs. No. 2 matchups and a No. 1 vs. No. 3 game gave little momentum or substance to feel-good stories about underdogs and the growing parity in college basketball.That, however, has little to do with my delight at the Tournament’s conclusion.I’ve spent much of the past three weeks hunting down internet...
...came together.” All four Crimson wrestlers reached the round of 12 at the tournament, where a win means an All-American nod and a loss means an exit. “If you have one [wrestler] in the round of 12, it’s nerve-racking,” Weiss said. “But we had four, and three of them back-to-back.” Tri-captain Max Meltzer (141 lbs.) came back to win two straight matches after a first-round loss before clinching All-American status by defeating Michael Keefe...