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...repeat that: even without a superpower rival like the Soviet Union - with its arsenals of nuclear weapons, fleets of tanks and armadas of warships, all manned by 10-foot-tall Red Army troops - the U.S. is now spending more preparing for war against, well, who knows, than we spent readying to fight Moscow. And the Obama Administration has made it clear that defense spending is going to continue to increase, even as fiscal pressures - for bailouts, health care, infrastructure - inexorably mount...
...shuttered 38 schools between 2001 and 2006, many of those low performing. Parents, teachers and neighborhood activists erupted in outrage with each closing, claiming that the system was giving up on their kids, disrespecting teachers and dismantling an integral part of the community. Violence flared when students from rival neighborhoods were thrown together. After a few years, Duncan switched tacks, keeping kids in their local schools but replacing teachers and staff. (See the best pictures...
...Mills noted, after the difficult Penn losses the road was smooth for the Crimson. Harvard first faced and beat its historic rival, Yale, in two easy wins...
...completely different story for Harvard. Without much momentum in the early part of the game, the Crimson came out in the final period and put up a strong fight to try and overcome the two goal deficit that stood in the way of an upset against its Ivy rival...
Tallying two quick goals about halfway through the second period, the rival No. 10 Big Red (16-8-3, 13-5-2 ECAC) built up a lead that would be too difficult for the Crimson (7-17-3, 7-10-3 ECAC) to overcome...