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...Sunday, Silent Witness ran his last race at the Sha Tin course, the arena for all but one of his triumphs. There was to be no fairy-tale finish. After more than a year of assorted ailments and injuries during which he had gone winless, Silent Witness limped in ninth of 10 runners whom he would have pulverized in his prime. The bleak result didn't diminish the ardor for the mahogany 7-year-old. Upon trotting back to the unsaddling yard, Silent Witness was given an emotional reception of cheers and tears. Railbirds, decked in owner Archie da Silva...
BOSTON – Bean there, done that. Falling short of victory against Boston College, 3-1, the Harvard men’s hockey team suffered defeat in the first round of the Beanpot for the ninth year in a row. The loss broke its two-game winning streak with a loss at the TD Banknorth Garden last night. “Overall, neither team had great chances,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. “I didn’t feel that we were able to ever get the pressure and sustain...
...second floor. But what had become of Meiping? Hean did not answer. Only when Cheng insisted did Hean tell her that Meiping had committed suicide on June 16, 1967, during Cheng's first year in prison. At least that was the official story -- that she had jumped from the ninth floor of the Shanghai Athletic Association building while being interrogated. Cheng refused to believe it. She went to the Athletic Association building and learned that it had been covered with scaffolding at the time of Meiping's interrogation; it would have been almost impossible for her to jump...
Notch up another nine for the Harvard ski team. Continuing its streak, the Crimson came in ninth for the seventh time in as many contests this weekend at the University of Vermont Carnival. With the alpine team competing at Stowe and the Nordic side at the Trapp Family Lodge, Harvard edged St Michael’s and Bowdoin with a total score of 186.0 points. “I think we had one of our best weekends ever as far as team improvement has gone since I’ve been there in five years,” Nordic coach...
Starting off its season with another ninth place finish–its sixth in a row–the Harvard ski team is looking to move up in the ranks at this weekend’s UVM Carnival...