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...good,” he said. “We asserted ourselves for about five minutes and then all of the sudden we’re throwing the ball to the guys in the wrong-colored jerseys.”Up next for the Crimson is traditional rival Yale, which nearly knocked off No. 2 Albany two weeks ago.“We have a whole week to practice,” Anderson said, “and I think we’ll be resilient...
...also a Crimson editor. “I thought we were a little bit off, but we rowed pretty well in the second half.”He added that Navy has improved greatly in the last few years to become “a pretty good rival.”“When you’re racing a strong crew like Navy and you’re a little bit off, you become very quickly aware of it,” he said. “There was a heck of a lot of pressure...
Nigeria's presidential election was billed as the first civilian transfer of power since independence in 1960. That much was achieved with Monday's declaration that Umaru Yar'Adua will be the country's next President - ostensibly by a landslide 24.6 million votes to 6.6 million for his nearest rival. But it remains doubtful that this particular civilian transfer of power will end the political turmoil that has accompanied the election campaign...
...first time in 2007, both Radcliffe crews had home-river advantage, racing together on the Charles on Saturday. And the homecoming was a sweet one for both squads. The lightweights, coming off a strong third-place showing at the Knecht Cup last weekend, dominated Boston rival and seventh-ranked MIT, winning three of four races on the river. The win was highlighted by an 18-second victory for the varisty eight and an astounding 42-second thumping of the Engineers by the novice eight, which remains undefeated through the first four races of this spring season. The heavyweights posted...
...most novel outcome imaginable, but France voted emphatically - and massively - for a classic right-left showdown in the battle for the nation's presidency. A whopping 85% voter turnout on Sunday fueled conservative standard-bearer and hands-on favorite Nicolas Sarkozy into the May 6 runoff against his principal rival, Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal. But while both finalists spent much of their late campaigning playing to their respective hard-right and hard-left flanks, their efforts to win the presidency now depends upon their success in wooing a new force in French politics: France's suddenly surging center...