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...tight-fisted grip on the Ivy League championship reduced to a finger-tip pinch, the Harvard men’s tennis team will face trying times this weekend. With its first home loss in the Ivies since 2005 and its Ancient Eight destiny out of its hands, the Crimson (9-8, 1-1 Ivy) will try to reclaim the initiative on the road with this weekend’s double-header against Princeton (9-8, 1-2 Ivy) and Penn (9-9, 0-3 Ivy). Following last weekend’s narrow defeat at the hands of Ivy League leaders...

Author: By Allen J. Padua, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tennis Hopes To Rebound Today | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...weekend, the crew posted a blistering time of 6:22.2, nine seconds ahead of the Big Red, the defending national champion. Considering the quality of the Crimson’s first showing, it has high hopes that simply racing consistently will bring improvement over last year’s loss to the Big Green...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Seeks Wins on Charles | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...jobs are on the line, The Globe is not on her daily reading list. Workers at local newsstands and convenience stores said they would not expect a large impact on sales were The Globe to close. Radwan Kheireddine of C’est Bon Convenience said he expects any loss in business to be temporary. “In the beginning, we’ll hurt a little bit,” he said. “But we’ll adjust...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Globe's Troubles Disquiet Few Harvard Students | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...order to explain the pestering “0” in their loss column this season, Harvard players have looked inward. They believe that their offense was simply out of tune against the Terriers, and that this problem can be easily rectified...

Author: By Justin W. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lack of Offense Results in Crimson Shutout | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

Disaffection - and the ability to express it at the ballot box - is a cornerstone of democracy. If the ANC is in for an upset on polling day, even simply a reduced majority, it will be receiving a lesson learned by revolutionary groups before it. Fatah's loss to Hamas in the 2006 Palestinian elections was a boost for militancy, sure, but also a testament to Hamas's superior social-service delivery. Mugabe's efforts to hold onto power, trying to alter the constitution to allow him everlasting rule, was the spur for the formation of the opposition Movement for Democratic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why South Africa's Over the Rainbow | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

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