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...while the Crimson (18-25, 10-10 Ivy) was able to overcome a shortage of runs to prevail in the first game, its offensive shortcomings spelled its doom in the second game, spoiling yet another strong pitching performance by a Harvard starter...
...order to prevail in the appeals process, the Miami relatives and their lawyers have to convince U.S. courts to accept in principle that a six-year-old can apply for asylum against the wishes of his father. "It seems questionable that a court will uphold that principle," says TIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "It's very difficult for the Miami family to win legally, because they're arguing that the political situation in Cuba makes it wrong to send Elian back even if that is his father's wish, but the family perspective tends to trump the political perspective...
...testosterone, the hormone that we understand and misunderstand as the essence of manhood. Testosterone has been offered as the symbolic (and sometimes literal) explanation for all the glories and infamies of men, for why they start street fights and civil wars, for why they channel surf, explore, prevail, sleep around, drive too fast, plunder, bellow, joust, plot corporate takeovers and paint their bare torsos blue during the Final Four. Hey, what's not to like...
...good news is that after the initial outcry, there is some evidence to suggest the Temple Bar conflict will soon peter out. At an APALSA meeting Wednesday night that left the organization's position unclear, it seemed as if cooler heads might prevail. Still, some marginal damage has been done to the Temple Bar's reputation and that is unfortunate...
...hope of wearing down the resistance of the protesters around the house has produced a measure of protest fatigue," says Padgett. "But on the other hand there's the fear that by having allowed this to drag on, she's raised the expectation among the protesters that they'll prevail. And that could mean that when the government does decide to go in and fetch the boy, the tinderbox atmosphere will be that much more volatile...