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...advantage of the interception, as Long missed a field goal try wide left.Two drives later, Columbia threatened to claw its way back, reaching the Harvard 30-yard line before facing 2nd-and-1. But the Lions could not get the yard they needed, rushing three consecutive times for no gain. Buoyed by its fourth-down stand, the Crimson took the ball and steadily advanced 79 yards down the field, ending the drive with three straight passes to Richards—a long 25-yard catch, followed by a 6-yarder, and then the capper, a 40-yard bomb in which...
...While we regret this, we really believe that the risk of access to this data is extremely low,” London said. “We want to emphasize that the data on the tape was password-protected and anyone trying to gain access to it would have to have specialized equipment and skills...
...Campaign Comparisons Re Mike Murphy's "Here Be Monsters" [Nov. 3]: To compare the ACORN incident, in which a few paid workers filled out bogus voter registrations (which were detected, reported and purged by ACORN) for financial gain, with the massive and well-documented efforts by the GOP to suppress and steal votes is beyond biased. Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004 were called Democratic on the basis of exit polls before mysteriously ending up on the GOP side, costing the Democrats both elections. In the two cases, state officials at the helm of the electoral process were...
...Harvard to gain at least a piece of the Ivy title, it will have to win its last three games while Brown loses one. To put this in perspective and stick with the election analogy, Brown’s final slate of Yale, Dartmouth, and Columbia is like if the presidency had come down to Ohio, Massachusetts, and New York for Obama...
...continues in the tight Alaska race. Even if incumbent Ted Stevens retains his seat, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell has said there will be a vote to oust the recently convicted Senator. That would prompt a required special election 60 to 90 days later and could mean another possible gain for Dems there as late as next spring...