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...from a four-minute nap last night, it found itself on the wrong end of a 15-0 score.The Crimson (4-5) missed six shots and committed three turnovers before it finally found the bottom of the basket four minutes into last night’s game at crosstown rival Boston University (5-4), eventually dropping an 80-61 decision at the Terriers’ Case Gymnasium. “We really have no excuses for what happened,” sophomore forward Emma Markley said. “It’s really disappointing, and we?...
This is not the first time warlords have had positions of power in Afghanistan. Following the 1989 withdrawal of Soviet troops, rival mujahedin groups that had united to drive the foreigners out turned on each other, further destroying the country in a brutal civil war marked by warlord rule. The government collapsed, and militia commanders were able to seize territory, terrorize the population and, in some cases, even issue currency. The Taliban capitalized on widespread disgust with their savagery, eventually coming to power in 1996. The U.S., unwilling to commit large numbers of ground troops when it went to overthrow...
...Scrabble has been translated into 22 languages, from Arabic to Afrikaans. Oddly, the game is sold outside the U.S. by Hasbro's rival, Mattel Inc. By the early 1990s, thanks to its acquisitions of Milton Bradley (maker of Life, Yahtzee and Candy Land) and Parker Brothers (Monopoly, Risk and Trivial Pursuit), Hasbro owned more than half of the $1.1 billion U.S. games market. But in 1993, Mattel outbid Hasbro, paying $90 million for the international rights to the game. Hence the game's weirdly bifurcated homepage at Scrabble.com...
...Harvard women’s hockey team (4-4-3, 4-2-2 ECAC) tied 1-1 with long-standing rival No. 7 New Hampshire (8-4-4, 3-1-3-1 Hockey East) in a non-conference game on Friday night at the Whittemore Center in Durham, N.H.The game marked the Crimson’s seventh chance to avenge a string of losses to the Wildcats since its last win against UNH in 2003. But Friday’s game was far from a shootout. The teams were well-matched, and neither team was able to score...
...upcoming 326 pages. Upon first glance, this claim may seem broad and deterministic, but by the book’s end, Garber has tied every possible loose end, explored the selected plays to what seems their absolute fullest extent, and provided her readers with an understanding of Shakespeare to rival even the most in-depth college courses. One of the greatest virtues of Garber’s newest work is her skillful combination of broad scope and insightful depth, as she chooses 10 plays to examine in the context of modern culture. These are 10 of the more widely recognized...