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Many Americans admired the Brits' courage, but the U.S. stayed on the bench for another year and a half. Only after Japan surprised the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, killing 2,433 Americans, did the country put aside its isolationism. More defeats followed at first, but after an improbable victory near the Pacific island of Midway on June 4, 1942, the U.S. began to push Japan back. Two years later, on June 6, 1944, the world's largest amphibious invasion, on the shores of Normandy, did the same to the Germans. But no matter...
...DIED. JOHNNY LONGDEN, 96, Hall of Fame jockey who rode 6,032 winners over four decades; in Banning, Calif. He rode Count Fleet, a somewhat wild horse that Longden persuaded the owner not to sell, to a celebrated Triple Crown sweep in 1943, and won more races than any other jockey until Bill Shoemaker broke his record...
...Navy has plenty of high-tech gear poised to defend its fleet of carriers, cruisers and destroyers deployed in the Persian Gulf for possible war with Iraq. But the service has also quietly dispatched a low-tech team of military helpers: California sea lions...
Harvard plays in its fifth straight Beanpot consolation game today at 5 p.m. against Northeastern at the Fleet Center. After coming just minutes short of a rare Beanpot title last year, the Huskies have struggled all season and have not yet beaten a team of Harvard’s caliber...
BOSTON—A tremendous effort by the Harvard men’s hockey team turned into yet another missed opportunity, as the No. 13 Crimson suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to No. 14 Boston University in the first Beanpot semifinal last night at the Fleet Center...