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Harvard opened a string of contests on the sunny West Coast this past Saturday against the No. 1 Stanford Cardinals, followed by a match-up against Sonoma State on Sunday afternoon. The Crimson (5-7) dropped the contest against the Cardinals 20-2, but rallied with a hard-fought victory over Sonoma State, 8-7. The two contests mark the beginning of Harvard’s California Spring Break road trip, its longest road trip of the season. All week competition is played outdoors where Harvard faces a harsher environment than at home in Blodgett Pool...
...aggressive doubles performance. At No. 2, the combination of Felton and junior Michael Hayes crashed to an 8-3 defeat to Portland’s Joel Kincaid and Nikoloz Kurdadze. Against the Pilot’s Hernandez and Nick Wales, No. 3 partnership Omodele-Lucien and freshman Davis Manghan fought back from 5-0 down, but ultimately fell in an 8-6 loss. The point already lost by Harvard, the No. 1 duo of Clayton and sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans fell 8-5—much to the co-captain’s dismay...
After Harvard won the ensuing faceoff, senior midfielder Nick Smith fought off defenders as he raced down the left sideline. Smith shoveled a pass to sophomore midfielder Christian Oberbeck, who bounced a shot into the top of the net to give the Crimson a 3-1 lead...
...rules would not force winemakers to go down the blending route. Any producers who want to stick with the traditional methods can do so. But French winemakers fret that the rules will bring the entire sector down to the lowest common denominator. Their complaints echo other French wine battles fought over the years. These include ongoing efforts to protect their unique right to use the word champagne and their feud with Australian exporters who use wood chips as a shortcut for oak-barrel aging. (See pictures of how to make whisky...
...with the infidel" in a national unity government, bin Laden said. "How can intelligent people believe that yesterday's enemies on the basis of religion can become today's friends? This can only happen if one of the two parties abandons his religion." Sharif "must be dethroned and fought." Somalia's Islamic militants must "continue fighting the apostate government...