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...first half, when Rees scored his first goal of the season off of a cross and redirect from Akpan and Rogers at 44:16. Both teams remained scoreless for the remainder of the game. The last meeting of the two cross-town rivals occurred in 2001 and was also held at the Eagles’ Newton Campus Complex. But the outcome of that matchup was far better for the home team—then-unranked Boston College trumped the visiting No. 18 Crimson, 3-2. This year, the Crimson emerged victorious on the strength of a balanced effort from...
...great effort for our team.” In the final moments, a blast by co-captain Lizzy Nichols ricocheted off the crossbar, but the Crimson was unable to capitalize on the rebound. The hosts took 14 shots in the half to Harvard’s seven and held an 18-13 edge for the full 90 minutes, but the Crimson managed a 7-4 advantage in corner kicks for the match. Harvard will look for its first win of the season Tuesday afternoon as it returns home to face New Hampshire, a team it has beaten four straight times...
...airtime set aside for appeals for all kinds of products. A two-day telethon in 1975 raised $52,000 to help California's Fresno County Sheriff Guy Langley pay legal expenses after he was charged with laundering campaign funds. (He later pleaded no contest and resigned his position.) Australia held a telethon to fund its 1984 Olympic team. In Argentina, a fundraising program was broadcast to finance the country's two-month war in 1982 with England over the Falkland Islands. (The islands are now a self-governing British territory, although Argentina still claims sovereignty...
Hungry for Afghan pistachios, I stopped by a shop where the owner, a friend, assured me that everything was fine, thanks to Allah, for him and his family. Then, in a whisper, he told me that his brother was kidnapped and held for 20 days before the captors and the family could agree on a ransom. Now he and his brother, who survived the communists, a brutal civil war and the Taliban, are thinking about quitting the business and leaving Afghanistan. "It doesn't look good," he told me, and over the years I've come to trust his merchant...
...travel plans. U.S. law can grab American predators overseas. Sporich, along with Ronald Boyajian, 49, and Erik Peeters, 41, were charged under the Protect Act, which was enacted six years ago to strengthen federal laws related to predatory crimes committed outside the U.S. (A federal magistrate ordered the three held in custody until their arraignment on Sept. 21. Each could face up to 30 years in prison per victim if convicted.) (See the Czech Republic's extreme solution to sexual predators...