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Harris split the first two sets with her opponent before the match was suspended with Harvard secure in victory. The 6-0 margin came under a new format instituted for the spring season in which one team point is awarded to the winner of two of the three eight-game pro-set doubles matches. The singles matches are each worth one point, as they were before...
...format places greater emphasis on the singles matches and shortens the duration of dual meets...
...think the new format favors the underdog in doubles," Granat said. "With the eight-game pro-set if you get down early its harder to make a comeback...
...supposed to work the other way around? Give the earlier gasbags their due: annoying as they were, the pontificating pols at least stuck to the traditional democratic format. They talked; we listened. They presented themselves and their ideas, such as they were, and then let the voters choose--in the blessed silence of the voting booth. The arrangement seemed to work rather well, and allowed for such democratic necessities as leadership, principle and the disinterested formulation of ideas...
TEMPTING TUNES RealNetworks is making it harder than ever to resist the allure of digital music. Last week it announced a $30 version of its popular RealJukebox music player and recorder (available at real.com) which lets people make exact digital replicas of songs from their CDs in the MP3 format, with no degradation of sound quality--an MP3 first. With a 10-band graphic equalizer, users can fine-tune playback; new "skins" (colorful covers) can also be superimposed on the user interface so it looks as spiffy as the music sounds...