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...successful Ivy Championships. The Crimson entered the meet 8-1 on the season with a 6-1 winning record against Ancient Eight opponents and was looking to capture the Ivy League title for the second year running. Harvard was also seeking revenge against the host team, which previously delivered the Crimson its only loss of the season, 193-160, at the annual HYP meet held at Blodgett Pool a month ago.Harvard senior co-captain Eric Lynch set high standards for the team, opening up Thursday’s finals with a third-place finish in the 500-meter freestyle. Lynch...
...have the fortune to play on our field in March, and I think this tournament has been good, because we have been able to play a variety of teams and styles.”HARVARD 3, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 2Harvard provided another extra-inning thriller in defeating host Florida Atlantic yesterday afternoon. Freshman Rachel Brown pitched all nine innings and struck out eight in her effort against the Owls.After Florida Atlantic scored off a triple in the opening inning, the Crimson responded with a run in the second. The game remained tied through seven innings, and each team scored...
...second set lead, but sputtered, spotting the visitors a 24-30 second frame edge.The Crimson mounted a comeback of its own in the third, erasing a nine point deficit to tie the score at 28, but suffered a 33-31 setback that put the match in jeopardy. But the host squad buckled down late and drew on strong hitting and a service ace by sophomore Shaun Mansour to force a decisive fifth set.The final frame saw Weissbourd and Jones erupt on offense. The rookie hammered home four kills in a row to give Harvard a 9-3 cushion, while Weissbourd...
...host circuses can vouch for a performer's suitability using their own criteria - a way of passing the responsibility for compliance from the Home Office to the employer. "If an artist doesn't behave, then it's going to reflect on us," Clay says. Of course, in an industry where men and women can twirl machetes blindfolded while standing on wild horses, it's a risk they're happy to take...
...will be perceived as a small sign of something positive in Washington." Then again, says Mora, it's difficult to tell if it also indicates that Raúl is "preparing himself for the eventuality of Washington making more of these gestures." Rodriguez's appointment, as well as a host of others Raúl made this week to replace top officials often viewed as loyal to Fidel, "was more about streamlining bureaucracy" - an effort to make his government more responsive than it was perceived by most Cubans to be in his first year as President - "than any response...