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...Crimson offense, hampered a bit by the sluggish conditions on the pitch, was fairly pedestrian during the first half of play. Harvard managed to grab the early advantage through a goal by freshman forward Andre Akpan in the 28th minute but missed an opportunity to double their lead after junior forward Matt Hoff hit the cross bar on a penalty kick...
...dispossessed, the victim of piling-on by outside forces, and rally those still living outside the city to the cause. Nagin, however, had one advantage that Jefferson lacks: his chief opponents in the mayoral race were white, making it easy for him to portray the contest as a power grab in a demographically shaken "chocolate city," as he so memorably put it. Jefferson's major challengers, on the other hand, are African-American...
Parker's characters are so tough and self-assured, you want to grab the lapels of their leather jackets and tell them, as Max Eastman once told Hemingway, to come out from behind the false hair on their chest. But Parker is always a breezy read, and in this, his 34th Spenser mystery, the macho posturing is tempered by a plot that turns on his hero's vulnerability and one of his good deeds gone bad. A runaway he rescued from a life of low-rent prostitution (by putting her in the care of a high-priced madam...
...Ohiri Field. After two halves of close chances at goal for both teams, the Crimson (8-4-0, 2-1-0 Ivy) sent the Big Red (1-5-3, 0-2-1) packing with a piercing header from forward and captain Charles Altchek in the 104th minute to grab the 1-0 victory. “Cornell made life difficult for us,” Harvard coach John Kerr said. “They played a great game, [and] defensively they are tough to break down. We kept our composure, kept clubbing away, and luckily we got the goal...
...heart-breaking buzzer-beater brought the perfect weekend to an end as Iona College toppled Harvard 13-12 in overtime. IONA 13, HARVARD 12 (OT) The Crimson faced tough opposition on Sunday morning. With time slowing slipping away, Harvard fought from a 9-7 deficit late in regulation to grab the lead over Iona. “We just cracked down on defense,” senior Michael Garcia said, “and turned it into offense.” With only two ticks left on the clock, Gael sophomore Patrick St. Cin scored to force the game into...