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...Crimson season skidded to a halt on Friday night, as the women's soccer team lost a heart breaker, 3-2 after penalty kicks, to Boston rival Northeastern in the first round of the NCAA Regionals. Lightning could not strike twice for Harvard on the night. After miraculously defeating Columbia 2-1 with nine seconds remaining in the second overtime last Saturday to win the Ivy title, the Crimson could not repeat its dramatic success. Harvard lost 4-2 in penalty kicks against the Huskies. But it looked like junior keeper Lauren Mann had put the Crimson ahead earlier. Tied...
...Short kick returned by Adam Chrissis to the Harvard...
...very ugly kick from 23-yards out is no good. Harvard holds on to the 24-14 lead...
...enough, Harvard, last in the league in net punting average, also gave up a 76-yard punt return for a quick six points.Thus this weekend could be a sink-or-swim opportunity for the Crimson’s special teams, as Penn is ranked tops in the Ivies in kick returns and third in punt returns, having scored once on each. Harvard, on the other hand, is ranked last in both categories.Also key to a victory will be the Crimson’s ability to take advantage of its fearsome passing attack to jump out to an early lead, since...
...politics, crisis often brings opportunity. If Obama restores some measure of economic order, kick-starting U.S. capitalism and softening its hard edges, and if he develops the kind of personal rapport with ordinary Americans that F.D.R. and Reagan had - and he has the communication skills to do it - liberals will probably hold sway in Washington until Sasha and Malia have kids. As that happens, the arguments that have framed economic debate in recent times - for large upper-income tax cuts or the partial privatization of Social Security and Medicare - will fade into irrelevance. In an era of liberal hegemony, they...