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...opponents. The Crimson posted a 6-1 win over Ivy League foe Yale and recorded its biggest win in 15 years with a 11-0 annihilation of visiting Quinnipiac in the opening game of the ECAC playoffs. Unfortunately, Harvard would see its dream-like turnaround come to a screeching halt in the finals of the ECAC tournament as the Crimson’s hopes of an NCAA automatic bid slipped away with a crushing 4-1 loss to Princeton in the championship game. For the second straight year, Harvard was forced to sit out of the NCAA tournament...
...this year should have proved no more worrisome than any other. Nevertheless, for weeks before this Halloween, parents groups mobilized either to ban the holiday altogether or to arrange substitute activities for disappointed lots. Aldermen and city councils all over the country debated their right to call a halt to trick-or-treating. P. T. A. task forces patrolled neighborhood stores to watch for product contaminations. Local hospitals offered to X-ray the loot. In the end, there were widely reported incidents of pin-laden chocolate and strange tasting fruit. A packet of hypodermics was found...
Much has been made of the convening and mobilizing power of today's technology. A person inspired by a cause can blog about their outrage and plot a response on Facebook with other similarly animated people. While any single congressional district might not produce a groundswell to demand a halt to global warming or killing in Darfur, a virtual community unmoored from geography can deliver a critical mass. And once converted, advocates are far better informed than a generation ago. They can hear the personal tales of aid workers over Skype. When the Western press steers clear, they can access...
Facing record gas prices, President Bush reluctantly signed a bill to halt the deposit of 70,000 barrels of oil per day into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a two-month buffer of crude last tapped to offset disruptions caused by Hurricane Katrina. The amount of extra oil is relatively tiny--the world produces close to 75 million bbl. per day--meaning the move will have little impact on prices. Still, the measure sailed through Congress with overwhelming support...
...crisis had a defining moment, it came on May 19 at 2:28 p.m., exactly a week after the quake. That was when the entire country paused for three minutes. Traffic came to a halt, flags were lowered to half-mast, and Chinese everywhere stood in oft tearful silence to honor the victims of the Wenchuan quake, named for the county at its epicenter. Drivers honked their horns, and factories sounded their sirens in a collective wail of agony. The ritual marked the start of three days of national mourning, during which Internet activities like online gaming were halted...