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...considerable amount of [practice] time into overtime contexts,” Murphy said. “We’ve been scrimmaging in overtime, just to get the mindset. When you consider Penn’s history, we want to be prepared.”Though not as highly ranked in most statistical categories as Harvard, Penn comes into this weekend’s game in the top half of the Ivy League in both scoring offense and defense, holding opponents to 18.8 points per game, almost two touchdowns less than the Crimson’s 30.1 points-per-game...
...Iran-contra, sticking to the truth but giving up nothing that could sink the Reagan Administration. When Gates finally left government, he wrote a bland, ruffle-no-feathers memoir. He never talked out of school about the Bushes. He never took on the CIA in public or offended the rank and file. Gates is a company man, a loyal civil servant, a realist. Reducing him to a Bush family retainer misses his real character...
...working to make 45 volumes of documents available on the society’s Web site by June 2008. Adams was the second U.S. president—and the first of seven with a Harvard College diploma. He graduated 14th in a class of 24—though class rank at the time was determined by a student’s “dignity of birth” rather than his academic performance, according to an official University history. His son, John Quincy, was the sixth U.S. president. Their descendants would go on to hold a series of legislative...
...would make them the most improved defensive team in America, at any level.”Sparked by a healthy blend of veteran leadership and young energy, the Lions have recorded 10 interceptions this season and lead the Ivy League in turnover margin at 1.0 per game. They also rank first in pass defense, holding opponents to only 149 yards per contest. Fueled by the play of first-year defensive back Andy Shalbrack, who is tied in Division I-AA for interceptions by a rookie with three, the Lions present a dangerous trap game for the Crimson...
...happens to be deployed to Iraq, so he went with them." Crabtree said the Army commander overseeing the transfer of Cardona and other members of his unit said "there were no issues associated with [Cardona's new] deployment." He added that although a military judge ordered a reduction in rank for Cardona following his court martial, Cardona has since regained his previous rank of Sergeant...