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...Crimson (5-2, 0-2 Ivy) had won each of its last two games by one goal, but Saturday's contest was a blowout from the beginning. Cornell (5-2, 3-0 Ivy) scored the first eight goals of the game and would not relinquish the momentum on the way to a 13-goal victory...
...Bush did open one tiny window. Once again he mentioned getting the plane back, but by now this was a bargaining chip. The Chinese were not likely to relinquish such a prize, yet by demanding it Bush might allow them to save some face by releasing the crew but keeping the plane. By the time Rumsfeld issued his first statement the next day, there was no mention of the plane. "The plane doesn't matter anymore," said a Bush adviser. "It's destroyed anyway...
...Bush did open one tiny window. Once again he mentioned getting the plane back, but by now this was a bargaining chip. The Chinese were not likely to relinquish such a prize, yet by demanding it Bush might allow them to save some face by releasing the crew but keeping the plane. By the time Rumsfeld issued his first statement the next day, there was no mention of the plane. "The plane doesn't matter anymore," said a Bush adviser. "It's destroyed anyway...
...18th minute, things began to unravel for the Crimson. O'Shaughnessy's first goal at 17:11 knotted the game at 1-1 and was followed by a tally from sophomore defender Jen Berarducci twenty seconds later. The two scores gave the Fighting Irish a lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of the game...
...over a decade, Harvard has been trying to relinquish its ownership of 9.6 acres of land in the Boston neighborhood of Mission Hill. Now, after years spent working to make the sale viable, the final stages of the transfer are finally near completion...