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...Yale squad against an 8-8 Harvard team. Yale fans in attendance seemed to equal, if not exceed, Crimson supporters, and with no Harvard cheerleaders in sight, Yale’s cheerleading squad took the floor at every opportunity. After the game, an 88-78 Bulldogs victory, Yale guard Casey Hughes—who shut down Harvard captain Jim Goffredo in an impressive display of individual defense—was swamped by a retinue of female fans as he made his exit from the arena, looking very much the big man on campus despite being 130 miles from New Haven...
...by—thanks mostly to a sterling offensive half from senior center Brian Cusworth, who dropped in 17 points in the period. But a late Yale run, combined with a technical foul assessed to Harvard coach Frank Sullivan in protest of a non-foul call on freshman point guard Drew Housman’s last-second shot, transformed the positive feelings into those of apprehension. “The first half, we came out a little sluggish,” said Yale point guard Eric Flato. “We really tried to buckle down and get a little...
...many as 14 points with 4:36 left in the first half, the Crimson’s largest lead of the game. The half ended with Harvard leading 40-31. The Crimson’s defense fared well against Brown’s top player. Goffredo and sophomore guard Andrew Pusar, aided by junior guard James Lambert off the bench, contained Bears guard Mark McAndrew, reigning Ivy League Player of the week and sixth-highest scorer in the Ivy League at 14.4 points per game. Though he would finish with 16 points, seven of those came in the final minute...
...Rooftops in the old city are crowded with spectators; a tin roof buckles under their weight. Police have closed down the streets; Afghan National Army soldiers guard intersections - Ashura rituals have often attracted Shi'ism's most violent sectarian foes, as the violence that has in recent days wracked Najaf in Iraq, and Karachi and Peshawar in Pakistan, where 14 were killed on Sunday in a suicide bombing. But here in Kabul, the only blood spilled is that collecting at the feet of the participants. "We are all Muslim. It is not important whether we pray with open hands...
...Patti Page song How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? takes on a different meaning in a country where dogs are sold not only to guard a sweetheart, as the song goes, or as a friend. Only last week, police intercepted a jeep full of dogs - mouths tied and bleeding to prevent them from barking or howling in protest, feet bound to prevent them running, and all l50 of them piled on top of each other - traveling in broad daylight along a main Manila highway. "These are hard times, sir," the vehicle's owner explained, "and this is just...