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Looming in the background of last November’s presidential election was the possibility that the Democrats in the Senate could reach the magic number: By holding 60 seats in the Senate, they could overcome Republican filibusters and push through a liberal agenda without significant interference from their more conservative colleagues. But the Democrats fell just short, and, for Obama’s first 100 days, the president was forced to settle for a considerable but not filibuster-proof majority. Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania changed that, though, when he announced on Tuesday morning that he would defect...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Death of a Moderate Republican | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

...broad-reach strategy has worked. When Patrick took over operation of the business in 1993, the company ran a single plant with 50 employees. Today there are 170 employees and two state-of-the-art mills with more than 426,000 sq. ft. (about 40,000 sq m) of manufacturing space operating three shifts, six days a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spinning a New Strategy | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...weeks ago Harvard was swept by Yale in a doubleheader that seemed to put the division title out of reach, and the team gave up seven runs with two outs in the bottom of the sixth against Brown to let the Bears blow open what had been a close game...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: TO SAY THE LEIST: Harvard Can't Come Up With Final Rally | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...score twice at the top of the second and build on its lead throughout the game, the Crimson nonetheless had its own opportunities to score.Its best attempt came at the bottom of the second when a fielding error by a Dartmouth outfielder allowed freshman first baseman Whitney Shaw to reach second. Following a hit up the middle from junior outfielder Jen Francis and with Harvard coach Jenny Allard furiously winding her arm to indicate she should continue running, Shaw dove for home plate and was just narrowly tagged out to end the frame.The Big Green managed to score three more...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Loses Twinbill, Ivy Hopes | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

...game one, freshman starter Jonah Klees and classmate Jeff Reynolds were tagged with nine runs on seven hits in the second inning—including two home runs—as Dartmouth sent 12 hitters to the plate and effectively put the game out of reach before it began.“We’ve had some of these big innings that have crushed us,” Harvard coach Joe Walsh said. “I’ve been trying to say to guys we have to slow the games down during those innings...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Crimson Plagued by Big Innings | 4/26/2009 | See Source »

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