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...stuck to the game plan, we were very successful and were able to score goals,” Halpern said. “Unfortunately, we had a few lapses at the end of first half and the beginning of the second that UVA capitalized on.” Harvard fought until the end, but ultimately could not overcome the Cavaliers’ early lead. “The game is 60 minutes and the mental lapses we take at certain points in the game hurt us by putting us in a hole, which is hard...
...Mixed performances and closely-fought encounters were the order of the weekend, as the Crimson (9-8, 1-1 Ivy) began its Ivy League defense by suffering a narrow defeat against Columbia (13-4, 3-0 Ivy) and responding with a close win against Cornell (10-5, 1-2 Ivy)—a single point making the difference in each of the respective fixtures...
...ways. It got off to the perfect start with an equalizing win at No. 5—freshman Davis Manghan, replacing the injured Ermakov, won 6-2, 6-2 against Gauthier in his Ivy League debut. A pair of gritty victories further increased the Crimson momentum; No. 3 Felton fought back to defeat Jonathan Fife (4-6, 6-1, 6-4), while the in-form No. 2 Chijoff-Evans overcame Goldstein...
...kukri strapped to Mekhman Tamang's hip belt is more than an ordinary family heirloom. When his father bequeathed the traditional knife to him 10 years ago, Tamang, a third-generation Gurkha soldier, also inherited the stout-hearted reputation tethered to thousands of Nepalese men who fought for foreign countries before him. Recruited by the British army in 1999, the 30-year-old soldier has braved hails of Taliban bullets during two recent stints in Afghanistan. But he is uncertain whether he will be able to pass down his kukri - or the Gurkha legacy...
...which its member nations are reluctant to commit blood and treasure. During the 1990s, the Alliance began expanding, inducting nine new members from Eastern Europe's former Soviet territories and satellites that sought protection from Russian power. But that program seemed to hit a wall last August, when Georgia fought a five-day war against Russia for control of South Ossetia. Georgia, whose bid to join the Alliance had been strongly backed by the U.S., was viewed by many Western officials as having provoked a senseless fight that would have obliged NATO to get involved had Georgia been a full...