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...poet of war, and we are a nation in need of a good, clear war story. At a time when Americans are wandering deeper into a nebulous conflict against a faceless enemy, Tolkien gives us the war we wish we were fighting--a struggle with a foe whose face we can see, who fights out on the open battlefield, far removed from innocent civilians. In Middle-earth, unlike the Middle East, you can tell an evildoer because he or she looks evil. The Lord of the Rings also plays to America's view of itself as a reluctant warrior...
...rate that Cusworth continues to improve, the Sea Wolves probably won’t be the last Crimson foe to suffer such a fate...
...governments bolster their defenses against terror, the terrorists will go after ever-softer targets. When you cannot fight your foe on the battlefield, you will hit his embassies. If they are hidden behind concrete walls, you will hit his banks. If they are protected by bullet-proof glass and armored plating, you will hit his schools, his hospitals, his resort hotels, his commercial airliners. And If the terrorists cannot board a U.S. airliner with box-cutters, they may be able to target it with surface-to-air missiles...
...Harvard, the victory was its first over a ranked foe this season. The Crimson felt it had played well enough to win against No. 4 Portland and No. 10 Penn State earlier this season, but had no points to show for it. This result was finally different...
...Crimson sweep of the last four opponents is not an unattainable goal. Though Saturday’s foe Princeton is the only unblemished team in Division I, the Tigers have played no ranked nonconference opponents, and the Crimson has a long history of beating Princeton, including eight straight wins prior to last season...