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...final ruling on Runyon, due later this term, might signal the court's attitude toward other civil rights cases this term. In one, Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., the Justices will pronounce on an affirmative-action "set aside" plan drawn up by the city of Richmond that requires city contractors to subcontract 30% of the dollar value of their contracts to minority firms. One of the main issues is whether Richmond can impose such a plan if there is no evidence that the city itself has ever discriminated. Invalidating the plan could jeopardize similar set-aside arrangements around the country...
...Crimson, behind a strong, pressure defense and excellent goaltending from Greg Beber, John Grecco and Scott Frewing, crushed Boston College, Princeton and Richmond to win the Harvard Eastern League Tournament at Blodgett Pool this weekend...
...Richmond finished second in the tournament, Princeton third, Yale fourth, Boston College fifth and Fordham finished last...
Harvard (5-2) clinched the title with a convincing 18-7 victory over the Richmond Spiders on Sunday...
...Chris [Harvard Coach Hafferty] told us that Richmond was going to be up for the game just because they had taken such a long bus ride to play in this tournament," Forman said. "We really concentrated--it was by far our best game of this year...