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...meters, the Crimson continued its game of catch-up, using an increased stroke rating in concerted pieces to try to pull even. Twice more Harvard pulled to within two seats, and twice more Dartmouth quelled the move and responded with one of its own to pad the margins again. Never did the Crimson pull even, and never did the margin grow to more than six seats. The separation stayed consistent through the finish line, when the Big Green crossed in 6:16.0 and Harvard followed suit in 6:18.3, exactly six seats behind. The second varsity race proved just...
...relatively low opening seeding. “Initially when I saw that I was concerned, but she came through like the trooper that she is.” Cross fenced Errigo in the finals of last year’s World Championships as well, but her margin of victory yesterday was much more secure than that of her tense 15-14 win in the previous title match. “She destroyed her competition, winning the gold medal bout by a resounding score,” said Anne Austin, co-captain of the Women’s Fencing team...
According to Riley, the process of reform will be modeled after the process that led to the proposal shifting responsibility for social programming to an independent board. That proposal passed by a 37-0-1 margin last Sunday...
...with a diving shot that just beat Bears goaltender Nick Gentilesco. “Brooks was going hard to the goal all day,” Samuelson added. “And when he goes hard, he’s tough to stop.” Widbin widened the margin just six minutes later, taking a pass from freshman Sam Slaughter for his second goal of the day. With 13:31 to play and Harvard playing in a man-up position, Widbin completed his hat trick with a goal off Calvert’s feed to give the Crimson...
...Berlusconi will doubtless try to put a similar grip on Prodi's new government. After all, the center-left's slim margin of victory adds to already existing doubts about Prodi's prospects of keeping his disparate allies from imploding. On foreign policy, for example, he must manage a core of coalition partners who are die-hard Communists and want Italy to break openly with U.S. policy. Prodi, who served as Italian Prime Minister in the late 1990s and later became President of the European Commission, has said he wants a more Europe-focused approach than was laid out under...