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...that played only a few days before.Beginning with Dartmouth Jan. 2, Harvard steamrolled through the Ancient Eight and lost just a single contest, to Yale, in conference play.The Crimson clinched a share of the Ivy title after defeating Princeton on Feb. 24 and went on to claim the title outright after outlasting Cornell one week later. After beginning the season so shakily, Harvard was now putting on its dancing shoes. The Crimson’s impressive conference play earned a surprising No.15 seed in the NCAA Tournament, matching them up against the defending national champions, the Maryland Terrapins.The reigning champions...
...first time in 10 years, the Harvard men’s soccer team took home the Ivy League championship outright and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in program history...
...Ahern's biggest rival, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, and it may be days or weeks before the entire composition of the new government is known. Ireland's proportional representation system means transferred votes take a long time to count. It also makes it difficult to win an outright majority in the Dail, the Irish parliament, so the large parties will need to look for support among the four smaller parties to form a ruling coalition...
...fact that premarital cohabitation is rare in Japan. But while abortion is common, adoption in Japan is virtually unheard of, although there are many couples eager to take in children. But the law is stacked in favor of birth parents' rights, even in cases of abuse, neglect or outright abandonment...
...most part, his major writings and speeches, which by all accounts are the work of his pen alone, are consistently clear and often quite potent. But more and more, it seems, there will be some sentence or citation - or a blatant omission - that inadavertently ignites controversy, if not outright rage against the Pope. The Vatican eventually kicks into damage-control mode, and finally, Benedict is left with the awkward task of serious papal (and public) backtracking. Indeed, there was a "here-we-go-again" buzz circulating among Vatican insiders as the Pope went out of his way this week...