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After getting outscored, 11-0, in the first half of its past two losses against No. 4 Princeton and No. 9 Boston College, the Crimson (5-10, 2-4 Ivy) let Dartmouth (9-7, 4-2) gain a 4-2 advantage in its last conference home game of the season, and a late rally couldn’t hold off the Big Green. Harvard fell, 5-3, dropping its sixth game out of its past seven and ensuring a losing record in conference play...

Author: By Colin Whelehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dartmouth Opens First-Half Lead To Take Game | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...thought our linebackers especially really did a great job of playing great gap control and attacking the line of scrimmage,” Murphy said of the defense. “That gave us an opportunity to gain some momentum in the game...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Running Wild | 11/2/2009 | See Source »

...question is: Are you using Jesus for monetary gain or eternal gain?" says Trapp. "Monetary gain says, 'We have an issue with a guy; let's now throw the Christian hat on. Let's get the media to play that. We don't want to lose money - that's our star player!' But if you're really trying to use Jesus for eternal gain, it's going to show up in the NFL and in our society. That's my encouragement. Stop trying to pimp Jesus." (See the top 10 Jesus films of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: God and Football: The NFL's Chaplains Give Advice | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

With just under six weeks remaining in the race to gain the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat vacated by the late Edward M. Kennedy ’54-56, the two Harvard alumni in contention are facing large gaps in the polls, according to figures released last week by a Massachussetts-based polling institute...

Author: By Andrew Z. Lorey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alumni Lag In Senate Seat Polls | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

...foundation has tackled these difficult questions by trying to stop those who would exploit Mandela's name for commercial or political gain either in ways they don't like or in ways they are able to prevent. In August, the foundation agreed on a code of conduct banning the commercialization of Mandela's name or image by his four official charities - the Mandela Foundation, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund, the Mandela Rhodes Foundation and the Nelson Mandela Institute for Education - and asked the other 44 charities of which Mandela is a patron to sign on as well. Other charitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend | 10/30/2009 | See Source »

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