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...last meet as a collegiate athlete, Dave Cromwell of the Harvard men’s swimming and diving completed his Crimson career on a high note. As one of only two Harvard swimmers at the NCAA Championships, Cromwell broke the Crimson record twice in the 200-yard backstroke. He finished with two fourth-place finishes—and also notched a fourth in the 100-yard backstroke—and All-American honors...
...deficit to deliver a fourth-quarter comeback victory. The Terrapins came alive in the game’s final quarter, tying the score at three and then surging ahead, handing the Crimson a demoralizing loss. HARVARD 7, CALIFORNIA BAPTIST 5 Harvard ended its tour though California on a high note, bouncing back from three consecutive losses to California Baptist on March 28 in Riverside, Calif. REDLANDS 7, HARVARD 6 In its second straight loss in Redlands, Calif., Harvard dropped a close one to the University of Redlands on March 28. The two teams traded goals for the first three quarters...
...BOOK ABOUT PERESTROIKA? We think the introduction of perestroika in the Soviet Union [in 1985] was one of the three most significant events in Soviet history--the others are the 1917 revolution and the victory in World War II. On the 20th anniversary, we thought it important to note it and explain it. And while there has been sharp debate in Russia about perestroika--many people have considered it a bad thing for the country--I think people are starting to change, and polls are showing people appreciate what it did for the country. Seventy-seven percent of Russians...
...9/11 commission's final report, now on the best-seller lists, the panel of investigators took note of the immigration breakdown in general, saying that "two systemic weaknesses came together in our border system's inability to contribute to an effective defense against the 9/11 attacks: a lack of well-developed counterterrorism measures as a part of border security and an immigration system not able to deliver on its basic commitments, much less support counterterrorism. These weaknesses have been reduced but are far from being overcome...
...Gulf War with very little cost to ourselves." Weinberger spoke those words four months before the U.S. launched the second Iraq war in March 2003. It's fair to give Weinberger credit for helping to drive the Soviet Union into history. But it's also fair to note that the current Iraq campaign might be going better if the Pentagon had shucked Weinberger's fascination with high-tech weaponry and instead invested more heavily in the troops and armor needed to seize ground - and hold it while a fledgling democracy tries to take root...