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...battle over unemployment benefits that's still going on. Thousands of scientists and researchers have marched against reduced funding, and last week some 3,500 firefighters staged a demo to dramatize their call for the right to retire at 50. And now the angry hordes are getting to vote. First-round regional voting on March 21 was followed by run-off contests early this week in which the Socialists looked set to do at least as well the first time around. When the voting is finally over, Raffarin may not have the clout to mount his promised assault on France...
...Cancun or Aspen, keep in mind your classmates playing for national championships or practicing for their spring seasons. Even better, come out to Albany on Friday night at 5 p.m. before you leave to watch the men’s hockey team take on Maine in their first-round NCAA Championship game. If you don’t want to drive so far, head down to Providence to watch Katey Stone’s great women’s team in the Frozen Four on Friday night...
...third time in three years, the Harvard men’s hockey team has been invited to the NCAA Championship dance. And this year, meeting a familiar foe at a familiar rink, the Crimson hopes to avoid a fate—first-round defeat—it has grown all too familiar with over the last two post-seasons...
Predicted in pre-season polls to finish as high as No. 6 in the country, Harvard struggled through its regular season, finishing sixth in the ECAC and was predicted by many to bow out of the conference tournament with a first-round loss. So, despite the unlikely league championship, that much and more was expected in the pre-season. Harvard hockey fans hoped that the Crimson would take the next step—moving from simply qualify and competing in NCAAs—to actually winning some tournament games and challenging for a national title. Those expectation put added emphasis...
Lewis’ Dartmouth squad has a tenuous hold on a second-place tie—and a first-round bye—while Reese’s Crimson looks to shore up sixth place and a home-ice series...