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...biggest loser in the whole episode seemed to be Prime Minister de Villepin and his principal backer, President Chirac, who took a calculated risk by pushing the measure only a year before France's presidential and legislative elections only to back down in the face of popular pressure. During a TV interview Monday night, de Villepin defended his defunct law, asserting that both it and his motives "hadn't been understood...
...allowed—to the one he served Princeton in a 4-1 victory on April 1. This time, as the result of a final-inning RBI single by Penn shortstop Scott Graham on a 2-2 fastball that he left up, Haviland came out as the unfortunate loser. “You’ve got to keep the ball down against these guys,” Haviland said. “I mean, anyone can hit a belt-high fastball.” For six innings, Haviland was nearly perfect, allowing three hits and no walks. He threw...
Three times the Harvard men’s volleyball team has gone to overtime and three times it has come out the loser. New Haven (18-6, 6-4 EIVA) stopped the Crimson’s (10-10, 7-3) win streak at seven, winning in five frames (30-22, 20-30, 26-30, 30-27, 9-15) at the Malkin Athletic Center last night. In the fifth game, Harvard was plagued by the run, a problem it has faced all season long. After playing point for point up to a 6-7 deficit, New Haven won four straight points...
...lacrosse team to its first two-game win streak of the season against Denver on Saturday. And he was able to do just that. After battling for the full hour of regulation and two four-minute overtime periods, Cohen sent the Pioneers home an 8-7 loser on a goal with 1:15 left in the third overtime. He came around the left side of the net, diving past two defenders into the crease for the score to end the longest game in Crimson history. “They were shutting me off with the short stick...
Honey, however, is hardly the only example of puritainment out there; there is an entire genre answering some unspoken yearning of viewers to have their TVs whip their decadent couch-potato butts into shape, or at least to watch it happen to someone else. Nanny 911, Supernanny, The Biggest Loser, Celebrity Fit Club, Wife Swap, Cold Turkey--in all of them, someone comes in to impose "tough new rules" on participants who stand in for us in weak-willed lumpy America. Lose weight! Quit smoking! Be a better parent! Millions of Americans gladly, masochistically sit down to be lectured...