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...right there’s nothing stopping him. He’s got all the shots.” The Crimson’s offensive momentum carried into the third set, as it seized an early 6-3 lead over the Ducks. Stevens trimmed the margin to one point, 8-7, but Harvard kept up the fight and battled to a 30-27 victory. The Crimson continued its dominance in the fourth set, opening the contest with a 4-0 run. Both teams traded points until the Ducks pulled ahead to 10-9, but Stevens’s scoring advantage...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Picks Up Key Non-Conference Victory | 2/1/2009 | See Source »

...White House and on Capitol Hill. Disowning any "pride of authorship," he asked both publicly and privately for the two major political parties to work together in Congress on a crucial bill to stimulate the tanking economy. And what happened? While the bill passed by a comfortable margin in the House, it earned not a single vote from a Republican. What's more, 11 Democrats opposed it as well. (See pictures of Obama's Inauguration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Stimulus Bill's Bumpy Ride | 1/30/2009 | See Source »

...ever had at a Springfield game.” The Crimson was unstoppable in the first contest, shooting ahead to a 10-2 lead and holding on for the win. Nailing 13 kills for a .500 attacking percentage, Harvard overpowered the Pride by a 17-point margin for a 30-13 victory. Senior co-captain Brady Weissbourd slammed down seven kills on eight attempts and jumped up for six block assists in the opening round. “In the first game, we played our fundamentals, and it really showed in the score,” Weintraub said...

Author: By Courtney D. Skinner, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Comes Close, But Falls in Five Sets | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...better,” Weiss said. “We won three bouts and were leading two others in the third period, so the outcome could have been very different.”Indeed, the Black Knights (10-4-1, 4-1) might not have enjoyed such a comfortable margin without a Harvard forfeit at 125 lbs and the absence of junior co-captain Louis Caputo (184) and sophomore Corey Jantzen (141). Caputo attributed his absence in Sunday’s contest to a shoulder injury sustained earlier in the week.Besides the disadvantage of competing without the 2006 All-American...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tough Opponents Hand Harvard Dual-Meet Losses | 1/27/2009 | See Source »

...With Republicans holding only a two-seat margin in the statehouse, 11 of the disaffected Republicans crossed the aisle and joined the 74 house Democrats to oust Craddick from the speakership as the state legislature convened last week. The new speaker, San Antonio Republican Joe Straus, is a moderate scion of an old Republican family with ties going back to John Tower and George H.W. Bush. The Straus victory is evidence of a shift in the GOP power base as urban voters gain a larger voice. Royal Masset, a longtime Texas Republican analyst, says the GOP will continue to fare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush Returns to a Divided Texas Republican Party | 1/25/2009 | See Source »

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