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...nine turnovers in the first half, seven of which came in the first five minutes. This, along with good off-the-ball movement on offense, allowed Holy Cross to build at 27-12 lead with 7:48 left in the first half.Harvard was able to stem the Crusader onslaught by switching between zone and man-to-man defenses, which knocked Holy Cross off-balance and out of its offensive groove.“We needed to try to change the rhythm of the game,” Amaker said. “We weren’t getting any consecutive...
...newspapers hold off the Internet onslaught...
...Still, some Vietnamese artists manage to exhibit thought-provoking works. Born in remote mountains that are home to disenfranchised ethnic minorities, Dinh Thi Tham Poong tweaks traditional folk art with contemporary touches. Her canvases capture the tensions between the natural world and the onslaught of Vietnam's economic reforms - all without appearing overtly political. The country's censors likely have a hard time understanding that Poong's whimsical figures scattered across traditional handmade paper could possibly be making a social statement. But it is only in such narrow margins that Vietnam's artists can safely operate...
...placed through ball from junior midfielder Rachael Lau, used a burst of speed to beat her defender to the ball, and made a move around diving Princeton keeper Maren Dale. Sheeleigh’s easy touch into the open net gave Harvard the lead for good.A first-half offensive onslaught like Saturday’s was a breakthrough for a Crimson squad plagued by early sluggishness. Harvard had not recorded a goal before the break in its last seven matches before Saturday’s contest. “You can be playing well at times, but if you don?...
...wooden unanimity of years past may have lessened slightly, but when Chinese President Hu Jintao opened the Congress with a jargon-laden two-and-a-half-hour speech he provoked a onslaught of minute, Kremlinological analysis that would have impressed Stalin. It was widely noted, for example, that Hu's predecessor and the purported head of a rival political faction, 84-year-old Jiang Zemin, pointedly looked at his watch no less than four times during the speech. Then again, it was equally widely noted that Jiang spent even more time admiring one of the young women charged with serving...