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Following a 2006 season in which Princeton seemed invincible, defeating the Harvard men’s heavyweight crew every time the two faced each other, the Crimson proved on Saturday that that was certainly no longer the case...
...Sarkozy's high first-round score reflects his success in seducing hard- and extreme-right voters, but he'll pay for that in the second round," predicts Pierre Moscovici, a Socialist Party heavyweight and vice-president of the European Parliament. While mainstream conservatives backing Sarkozy's tax-cutting, market-friendly economic polices may overlook his repeated pledges to help Le Pen voters "out of their ghetto" and into his camp, Moscovici warns that the hard-right lean will repel most people who supported Bayrou. "Sarkozy reminds me of Berlusconi," Moscovici comments. "The Italian right forgave him every excess, the Italian...
...first great nor’easter of 2007 expects to hit in full force today. But after three races this weekend in brutal weather, the Radcliffe lightweight and heavyweight crews have already had enough.Facing 15-20 mph winds, cold and overcast skies, and an overall miserable state of things, the No. 6 heavyweight women struggled in the morning heat on the Charles Saturday.And as a result of impending storm yesterday, the lightweight women were forced to cram two days of competition into one on Saturday. After racing two earlier heats in the day, Radcliffe had no gas left...
...different rivers, against two different opponents, the two Radcliffe crews raced two decidedly different regattas on Saturday. For the heavyweights, Saturday’s race against Ivy rivals Cornell and No. 6 Princeton resulted in a convincing and telling victory, returning the squad to the top echelon of women’s heavyweight crew. For the lightweights, the weekend was a disappointment on some levels, as the crew only found success in the novice eight division. But in taking on the heavyweight teams from Bucknell, Rhode Island, and Boston College, the weekend’s race only served...
...Radcliffe lightweight and heavyweight crews began their campaigns this weekend to return to the top of the women’s ranks. Facing last year’s national runner-up Georgetown and an undefeated No. 3-ranked Brown squad, both crews had opportunities to reassert their claims as one of the best. Unfortunately for the Black and White, both teams fell just short. While dominating three of four races at the Class of 2004 Cup in Washington D.C., the lightweights failed to take the most important one—the first varsity heat—and, as a result...