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...position for five weeks, and the players know they’ve earned it.“We feel really confident with the work we’ve been putting in heading into the playoffs,” senior tri-captain Caitlin Cahow said.“Getting two hard-fought victories last week has gotten us thinking about how much we can accomplish.”Cahow is referring to the thrilling 3-2 and 4-2 quarterfinal victories over a Cornell team that fans expected the Crimson to crush. Nonetheless, when the buzzer finally sounded, it was Harvard...
...strong - or, alternatively, to a cluster of smaller states that includes Arkansas, New Mexico and Nevada. In most of those states, they say, Clinton's supporters will matter more than Obama's appeal among upscale voters and African Americans. They are, in other words, willing to admit that her hard-fought primary campaign could cost the party African-American votes in November...
...can’t say that I am elated by the silence that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues have received during this long and hard-fought race—a race so often touted for breaking glass ceilings. I can’t help but worry that this silence is the product of apathy among progressives in the fight to end homophobia rather than a sea change in America’s opinion of LGBT people and their “lifestyles...
...Dome Classic in Newark, N.J.After sweeping Rutgers-Newark (4-8, 2-2 Hay) for the second time this season, 3-0, the Crimson (4-3, 3-1 Hay) couldn’t overcome non-conference opponent Mount Olive (8-4) in the teams’ first meeting, surrendering a hard-fought loss, 1-3.Despite the loss to the Trojans, Harvard finds itself in a solid position for an EIVA playoff run. The Crimson’s victory against Rutgers puts Harvard in second place in the Hay Division, just behind Springfield, the team that gave the Crimson?...
...seem completely fair. In last Monday’s Beanpot championship game, the Harvard men’s hockey team played well enough to earn the title of Boston champions, but came away with a hard-fought, tough-luck loss.Four nights later, in another close game against a ranked, heavily-favored opponent, the Crimson’s effort was sloppier. But this time, it was rewarded with a victory. “We kind of got away with one,” co-captain Mike Taylor said. “I felt we played better against [Boston College...