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...Mediterranean. Schoolchildren in her namesake city were given a public holiday to watch her crew parade through the streets. "She was a beautiful ship, a well-experienced ship," says Ean McDonald, a former Sydney signaler. But on Nov. 19, off the coast of Western Australia, she encountered a German raider, the Kormoran. What happened next will never be known for certain, but both ships sank. The Kormoran was scuttled and more than 300 of its 400 crew were rescued or washed ashore. The Sydney and all aboard it were lost. The exact locations of both ships were a mystery...
...first period proved to be indicative of how the entire night would proceed, as three-consecutive penalties forced Harvard to go on the defensive. While the Crimson special-teamers were able to respond to the challenge, killing all three infractions, the third led directly to a Raiders goal, scored just after Harvard had returned to full strength.“I don’t think we played very well in the first period,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. “We sat back on our heels a little bit...I think...
...ECAC) battled to a 3-3 tie with Colgate (14-13-6, 8-8-5 ECAC) at Starr Rink on Friday night.Trailing 3-2 in the third, the Crimson used a power play to tally the game-tying goal at 11:52. After the Raiders killed a two-man advantage, sophomore Doug Rogers capitalized in the remaining seconds of the 5-on-4 power play. Corralling the rebound of a shot by freshman Michael Biega in front of the goal, he skated around goaltender Mark Dekanich and deposited it into the right side of the net to knot the score...
...first period ends with Colgate up 1-0. Not a great period for the Crimson, as penalty trouble prevented it from mounting any pressure and led to the one Raider goal...
...icon was recovered a month later, after one of the thieves called with a $1.7 million demand and the police tracked him down. But the theft sent a chilling message that nothing is sacred. Greece is known as a tomb raider's paradise, with thieves plucking archaeological treasures straight from the ground. And while this looting is still one of the biggest challenges for the country's art squad, the theft of religious art is eclipsing it. In 2005, 333 liturgical items were reported stolen in Greece, compared with only eight archaeological artifacts. "There's a fresh fad for Byzantine...