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...Bulldog defense. The former is a linebacker and the latter, a strong safety, has two defensive touchdowns. They’ll be matched by Harvard’s Bryant Brothers, sophomore Brenton and junior Desmond. Each plays the same defensive end position, one that will be the focal point against an offense that features the leading yard-gainer in the Ivy League this season...
...your best friends, and, most importantly, Harvard is crushing Yale. Harvard-Yale weekend is one of the only times when College students get together in one place and let it all hang out. Traditionally, the Ohiri Field debauch-fest known as the tailgate has been the focal point of the weekend. But with new restrictions against underage drinking, some students fear that this year’s tailgate will be lacking. Appropriately wary, student leaders are putting their reinstated UHaul privileges to creative use and considering a weekend full of crowd-pleasing events.MOOSE VS. CHICKENIn years past, the combination...
CBGB’s long, torturous decline has not provided the “other music for uplifting gormandizers” that it awkwardly totes at the end of its name, at least not since it earned the dubious honor of being a focal point for youth crew, violence-driven New York hardcore...
Player to Watch: Mike McLeod. Former Ivy Rookie of the Year will be focal point of an experienced offense...
...just four inner-city tracks in operation. In a further twist, the cold war division of the city left the former hub marooned in the desolate wasteland abutting the Wall, the last stop in West Berlin before the Iron Curtain. The new building celebrates its renewed role as the focal point of the reunified metropolis. "We drew on the fact that Lehrter Stadtbahnhof was the center of Berlin, the embodiment of a lively city quarter," says architect Jürgen Hillmer of German firm Von Gerkan, Marg and Partner. And lively it will be again. Even after the soccer fans...