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...semester came in like a lion for the Harvard men’s volleyball team, as the Crimson fell, 3-0 (30-18, 30-21, 30-19), to the Springfield College Pride in last night’s season opener at Blake Arena in Springfield, Mass. Harvard (0-1, 0-1 EIVA Hay) struggled to execute its offense against conference powerhouse Springfield (5-3, 1-0 EIVA Hay), which entered the match with a No. 5 ranking and seven matches already under its belt. “Basically, we were unable to do anything well,” said...
...presence of an audience appears to egg on the penitents. The strikes are harder in the presence of video cameras and camera phones. Still, he says that he feels no pain. "Our imam was killed, his blood was shed for Islam, so we shed our blood for Islam. The pride eclipses the pain...
...Harel and the other Israelis who have settled in Migron that they are living on land that much of the world believes belongs to the Palestinians, in homes that many of their own countrymen would just as soon see abandoned. In fact, the residents of Migron seem to pride themselves on being among the biggest loners in the Middle East. "We're supposed to be a Jewish, democratic state," says Harel, a broad-shouldered ex-paratrooper still in the army reserves. "But if you ask me, it's more important that this be a Jewish state than a democratic...
Regan seems determined to stay on. He held his own session with Congressmen last week in which he claimed the President needed his services in preparing the State of the Union message and with work on the new budget. He appeared to take a certain gritty pride in toughing out the controversy. "I'm really taking the heat now," he said. "It goes with that corner office." A man who clearly cherishes power, Regan is even said to have joked last week about "people who thought they could get rid of me that easily...
...mom’s motives, and those of Josh Smith’s parents, are fairly easy to understand. With their pride and joy off at Harvard, that ivy-encrusted boot camp for America’s liberal elite, the least they can possibly do is try to get a word in edgewise. It’s a political umbilical cord that connects to a totally different universe, and growing up being the way it is, it’s hard not to be a little peeved at the insistence with which the unwelcome manifestos keep on coming...