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...three-point shooting finally came to life when McAndrew and forward Colin Aldridge each scored from beyond the arc in a 10-second span to narrow Harvard’s lead to 87-84 with 29 seconds left to play. The Bears could only resort to fouling to regain possession, but the Crimson responded by efficiently taking care of business, converting 5-of-6 free throws to put the game out of reach. Although Cusworth fouled out with 1:34 to play and could not end his Harvard career on the court, he left the game to a standing ovation...
...pursued the P.L.O.'s diplomatic and military strategies, including a failed joint peace effort with an old adversary, Jordan's King Hussein. Now Arafat's P.L.O. has returned to Lebanon with vengeance. In the bloodiest fighting since rival Christian factions clashed a year ago, Arafat is struggling to regain his former stronghold in the strife-torn country. And an array of his enemies?Israel, Syria and the Lebanese Shi'ite Amal militiamen aligned with Syria?so far seem powerless to stop...
Even as Ronald Reagan tried to regain control of events in the most serious crisis of his presidency, new revelations about these secret machinations kept him on the defensive. There seemed no quick way to clear up the mysteries stemming from the Administration's admission two weeks ago that up to $30 million in profits from secret shipments of U.S. arms to Iran had been diverted to support the guerrilla warfare of the U.S.-backed contras against Nicaragua's Marxist Sandinista government...
...Revolution, was elevated to top positions in the '80s and '90s under Deng Xiaoping. Although a conservative who supported the crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters, Bo steadfastly embraced Deng's financial reforms--which shifted China toward a market economy--and helped successfully fend off Marxist hard-liners determined to regain economic control...
...remaining. Pattman was the game’s high scorer with 27 points, 22 after halftime.After sophomore guard Drew Housman hit a jumper with 1:55 left to cut it down to a one-point game, Harvard looked like it would get the ball back with a chance to regain the lead when the shot clock ran down on Dartmouth’s end of the floor. But the ball found sophomore forward Alex Barnett on the left baseline, who nailed a jumper as the clock expired for two of his 19 points, making it 73-70 Big Green with...