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...independence in 1980, its 84-year-old President, Robert Mugabe, faces real competition in the country's March 29 elections. Largely owing to dissatisfaction over food and fuel shortages, 80% unemployment and 100,500% inflation, the three opposition candidates--including a former member of his own party--are gaining momentum...
After the cross-town rivals reached a 15-15 tie, the Engineers took the lead and soundly defeated Harvard, 30-26 in game two. MIT’s momentum continued into the third game, as the Engineers pulled far ahead of the Crimson early into the frame. But with Weissbourd serving, Harvard managed to close the gap and level the score at 26. However, the Crimson failed to maintain its stride and allowed MIT to score a crucial two points, putting the Engineers ahead for good...
...You’d think at that point we’d have the momentum, but…they ended up pulling away because we couldn’t turn it around fast enough,” Weintraub said...
...fourth game, Harvard looked like it would make a comeback, as Weissbourd slammed down a kill near the end of the stanza to close the scoring gap, 26-28. But the Crimson couldn’t drum up enough momentum for the final push against MIT and was ultimately defeated...
...Before the intervention of the Dalai Lama, India-based Tibetan activists believed they had the momentum. "The scale of the uprising, its spread, is wider than 1959," Tenzin Tsundue, a charismatic Tibetan writer-activist, told TIME from Indian police detention in Jwalamukhi. "We've achieved in three days what we were hoping to achieve in three months." Tsundue had been among the first batch of 101 marchers held on Thursday by Indian authorities. Organizers were also hoping the protests within Tibet and China would gather steam. "Much as we are sad for our brothers and sisters in Tibet, we want...