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...boat show for the rest of the course. A strong move to end the first 500 meters gave the Crimson the Navy bow ball and later an open-water lead at 750 meters down, an advantage Harvard would only increase as the three crews crossed the midway mark. Navy hung in second and Penn made up ground to make a push for second place. The Crimson, however, turned Saturday morning into a time trial against itself.“It’s obviously nice when you get up early on a crew, because you can focus on getting away...
...with 156 out of 460 seats in the Sejm) and is led by identical twin brothers Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski. They promise to get tough on corruption, crime and ex-communists, and build a "strong state" that promotes Polish national interests; Jaroslaw is party leader and Lech President. The hung parliament has hampered policymaking, but the brothers' combativeness has kept the political pot boiling. They've picked their biggest fight with Balcerowicz, the polarizing symbol of post-communist economic reforms that have resulted in 40% growth in gdp since 1989 - but also 18% unemployment. Widely respected abroad, Balcerowicz has stood...
...cloud of corruption has hung over Lula's government for most of the past year. His administration has been accused of paying opposition deputies to support its bills in Congress, engineering an illegal campaign finance scheme worth hundreds of millions of dollars and even paying a small right-wing party to jump on the PT's bandwagon before the electoral campaign started. Before Palocci's sudden exit, the party's president, treasurer and secretary-general had all resigned under the same suspicions of graft...
...season. It was also the second-most goals given up by Harvard all season. “Our goalies played well, [but] I don’t think it was the best game for either one of them,” Anderson said. “They both hung in there and gave us a chance.” It wasn’t enough against an efficient Cornell offense that boasted two of the nation’s top ten scorers. “We could have played harder,” Anderson said. Still, Anderson remained optimistic about...
...cloud of Crimson disappointment hung low on Cambridge after Saturday’s chilly doubleheader split with Penn. Despite receiving arguably its best pitching performances of the season from standout sophomore Shawn Haviland and freshman Adam Cole, Harvard managed to lose a half-game in the standings to Dartmouth. In the long term, nonetheless, Saturday’s pitching clinic proved that for the defending Ivy League champions, long successful as a relentless offensive unit, mound performance can be an area of strength in 2006. “You come out of 15 innings, giving...