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...year at Harvard. Li said that their first official date was in downtown Boston, where they went ice skating. “He didn’t know how to skate,” Li reminisced, “but he was happy to be there and happier to pull me down with him.” Cai’s mother told a story about how Peter, originally named Wei, got his first name. “When Peter was three years old, our friends told us to give him an American name” she said...
...McCain seemed tired, as if he had been up too many late nights, and at times his answers meandered through a series of only tangentially connected sentences. But his central argument - that the race is not over, that he might still pull this thing out - is not completely unreasonable. It is not just that McCain has stared long odds in the face before and triumphed, as he did when his campaign collapsed in the summer of 2007, financially broke and in disarray. Back then, trusted friends advised him to withdraw rather than suffer a humiliating defeat. Even some...
...majorities in Congress. That kind of pivot hasn't happened in this race, though over the weekend conservative writer David Frum openly called on McCain to do just that for the good of the party. Scott Reed, who ran Dole's '96 campaign, says he believes McCain could still pull off a victory. "I think Schmidt's strategy has brought [McCain] back and kept it from being a blowout," he says. "It can be done...
...Sunday victory over the Tigers. At the invitational, the Tigers stunned the field by breaking 300 on day one, shooting an incredible 298 to Harvard’s solid effort of 302. But Princeton dropped off on Sunday, opening the door for the Crimson, who shot a 311 to pull out the victory. Harvard gained its third victory of the fall season at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate behind a great round from Sheldon, who shot a two-over 73 to pace the squad. Yesterday, the team was able to continue its winning ways. “I think we were...
...Berry, the referees missed a clear late hit on sophomore Levi Richards after he caught a 16-yard pass from Pizzotti. Then, with about two minutes left in the third quarter, a 7-yard pass to junior Matt Luft was nearly reversed after the back judge decided to pull rank on the linesmen and rule the pass was incomplete—though the linesmen had a much better angle on the play. The referees conferred and ultimately the pass stood. All told, Harvard was somehow able to come away with the win despite having all factors—the opposing...