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...goals came early in the second period, Harvard pelted Bradley with 17 first-half shots, compared to only three for the Catamounts. A stronger defense, however, proved to hinder the Crimson’s ability to rack up more points. Last week at Cornell, Harvard’s flat-footed beginning left the score 0-0 at halftime, only to have the Crimson fight back 10 minutes into the second half with co-captain Megan Merritt’s game-winning goal. “We played very well [this afternoon] right from the opening whistle,” coach...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Stays Sharp at Home | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...candy corn to shame, Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe doesn’t seem like a traditional hangout for home-grown Red Sox fans. For savvy local Sox fans, however, that’s exactly what it is. Twenty-odd square patrons huddled around the 42-inch flat screen in Cardullo’s front window last Tuesday for the first game of the postseason. The crowd included several “regulars”—two Cambridge policemen, an MIT English professor, the Au Bon Pain chess champ, and a smattering of residents and visitors enjoying...

Author: By Kirsten E. M. Slungaard, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Park Your Chair in Harvard Square | 10/10/2007 | See Source »

...season, leading Harvard (7-3-1. 1-1-0 Ivy) to a 1-0 victory against Cornell, the team’s first Ivy triumph of year. “In the first half we didn’t come out as strong and were a bit flat-footed,” freshman midfielder Kerry Kartsonis said. “But at halftime we pulled it together and after [Merritt’s] goal early in the second half, kept the pressure on.” Merritt found the net in the 59th minute of the contest, capitalizing on Harvard?...

Author: By Vanda R. Gyuris, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mann, Defense Lead Women's Soccer in Shutout | 10/8/2007 | See Source »

...races, of those less famous athletes whose Olympic dreams were hanging in the balance, and sprinted to Jones like lap dogs. She smiled, charmed, even casually addressed a few of those reporters by their first name. She showed no signs that her steroid denials, which we now know were flat-out lies, were causing any stress. She reminded us that she never failed a drug test. "The athletes who have not tested positive have been dragged through the mud," she said. I gave her the benefit of the doubt. I was not alone. "Frankly, I'm impressed," wrote New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feeling Betrayed by Marion Jones | 10/5/2007 | See Source »

...Blackpool, Tory leaders set out policies reaffirming the party's traditional role as a party of low tax and high aspiration, including a boost for first-time house-buyers and an increase in the threshold of inheritance tax to $2 million from $600,000, financed by levying a flat-rate annual $50,000 charge on non-domiciled foreigners. Delegates were delighted. "People kept coming up to me and saying 'finally we're Conservative again'," says Dale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tories Dare Labour to Call Election | 10/4/2007 | See Source »

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