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...Poll after poll before the midterm elections last week asked Americans one question: Which issue is most important to you in deciding your Congressional votes? In the majority of those polls, significant proportions of voters cited Iraq as their single most pressing concern. When the Democrats gained control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994, the electorate sent an unambiguous message that they were furious with the Bush administration’s failed foreign policy and handling of Iraq...
Anyone with half a brain has Princeton here. The Tigers were the only team besides Penn to earn a first-place vote in the preseason media poll, and Yale was all the way down in the four-spot. I don’t have half a brain. I have a full...
...into submission. The 2005-06 campaign was the most highly anticipated in Harvard’s recent history, as the Crimson was expected to challenge Penn and Princeton for its first-ever league title on the strength of a formidable frontcourt. Harvard was picked second in the preseason media poll mainly based on the presence of first-team All-Ivy forward Matt Stehle ’06 and second-team All Ivy center Brian Cusworth, the league’s top two returning scorers and rebounders. Harvard would bludgeon teams with its post presence, the thinking went, dominating the smaller...
...last season.Player to Watch: Brittney CarforaCarfora dropped 16 on Harvard, going 4-for-6 from three. Her range will take pressure off of Griffith, who gets the best defender every night. CORNELLThe league’s biggest surprise in 2006, Cornell finished fifth in the Ivies after a preseason poll picked the Big Red to place last. Thanks to standout freshman Jeomi Maduka—the league’s Rookie of the Year and team leader in points (14.8), rebounds, (7.8) and steals (1.7)— and guard Lindsay Krasna, Cornell was a threat last year and will...
...received significant contributions on offense from its three returning starters, with senior center Brian Cusworth (20 points) leading all scorers. The Crimson snapped a two-game losing streak to the Black Bears, who were picked as the America East Conference’s second-best team in the preseason poll. “Any win to start the season is always a terrific one,” coach Frank Sullivan said. “We were making plays in the second half at critical periods of time. We didn’t shoot ourselves in the foot at all when...