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...Caputo wrestled at 197 lbs. and pinned his opponent in 41 seconds, while Murphy won by fall in 1:20.BROWN 25, HARVARD 19In the Saturday afternoon session, the Crimson gave the Bears a 12-point advantage by forfeiting two matches at 125 and 285 pounds. Although Harvard claimed the majority of bouts, the early deficit proved insurmountable.“I think we outwrestled them,” O’Connor said. “We went out there and fought and I think it was pretty obvious that we were the better team. If circumstances [were changed...
...imposing as Igor Stravinsky and W.H. Auden collaborate to produce a work of art, the result is bound to mesmerize. Yet “The Rake’s Progress,” a modern opera first performed in Venice in 1951, is seldom included in the repertoire of major companies due to the common but misguided perception that English opera is inferior to its Italian or German counterpart. Over the past two weekends, the Dunster House Opera sought to correct this under-appreciation of Stravinksy’s work. Though the undertaking was an ambitious choice?...
...example, the government’s unmanned aerial vehicles identified heavy equipments belonging to an NGO called “Norwegian People’s Aid” being used by the LTTE to build a complex network of massive earth bunds around its major strongholds, such as Killinochchi and Mulattivu. Some bunds were longer than 30 miles and rose above 10 feet. When questioned, the NPA replied that LTTE robbed the machinery from them. The government’s position was further consolidated when the program officer of another NGO, called “ZOA,” stated...
...country for the past 30 years since the Soviets invaded, Afghans have become adept at accommodating themselves with the likely winner at any given moment. Right now, the trends are not moving in Washington's favor, and that fact is recognized by the Afghan citizenry. "There's been a major shift towards acceptance of the Taliban," military scholar Anthony Cordesman told a congressional panel last week. He noted that polling in Afghanistan shows "the number of people who feel the United States has performed well in Afghanistan has been cut in half in the last three years," from 68 percent...
Czar or no czar, Obama has a genuine crisis boiling up in Detroit. Without major changes in the structure of the industry, the auto business is going to sink under mountainous waves of red ink. GM and Chrysler were in trouble even before the recession tore the bottom out of sales - and Ford's slightly better financial picture has been clouded by nearly $15 billion in losses last year...