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...appointment. I share your deep dismay, and wrote to Neil myself about the matter on April 21 (as soon as I heard the result), urging, as you do, that he reconsider the case. I have also advised Dean Jeremy Knowles about my serious concern. I hope your argument will prevail with President Rudenstine, since I too think the university--and our students--will be much the poorer without Bonnie Honig's presence on our faculty...
Harvard, ranked 29th nationally, expected the contest to be a neck-in-neck clash of two regional powers, as the 72nd-ranked Eagles (6-4) boasted a solid record against other Ivy teams and featured heavily-recruited transfer Barbara Prevail, a former junior doubles partner of new world No. 1 Martina Hingis. The Crimson's star sophomore Ivy Wang was forced to take on the mysterious phenom...
Indeed, last year's League's Ivy Rookie of the Year stormed back to win 9 out of the next 10 games and dismantle Prevail...
...second doubles spot, Kim and freshman Vedica Jain faced the combination of BC's top singles players, Prevail and Mercedes del Valle. Down a break of serve at 5-6, the Crimson did not give up, but broke back twice within the next three games...
Alliteration notwithstanding, will the nameless Golden Gophers prevail? You definitely have to count off for such a lame mascot. Almost as importantly, they've had a bunch of close games recently, they're sorry on the road, and they're coming off a 66-65 loss to Wisconsin...