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...runners on the corners in the bottom of the ninth, the Eagles’ Michael Belfiore lined a pitch to shortstop Jeff Stoeckel. The senior snagged the ball for an out and then launched it to first in an attempt to double up BC’s Robert Anston and end the game. “I almost hit my head on the dugout jumping up because I thought we had them,” Walsh said.Nevertheless, the umpire called the runner safe at first, giving the Eagles another chance to come back. BC took full advantage of the opportunity...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe appears increasingly unlikely to allow the election he appears to have lost to end his 28-year tenure. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officials on Sunday announced a new delay in the recounting of votes from 23 of the 210 constituencies in an election held three weeks ago. Opposition leaders believe the results are being rigged to deny them victory, but the growing campaign of violent intimidation against opposition supporters makes it unlikely that the opposition would take matters to the streets. So the search for a resolution to the crisis has increasingly shifted the spotlight...
...trip to the big city for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team to get a big win. Riding on junior Kaitlin Martin’s five-point effort, the Crimson (8-6, 2-4 Ivy) defeated Columbia (3-10, 0-7 Ivy), 12-8, Saturday at Robert Kraft Field. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for Harvard. “It was a good one because we just needed a win,” senior captain Lauren Bobzin said. “It was a good effort.” Martin tallied three goals, including...
...Defense Secretary Robert Gates has his hands full fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he didn't show it Monday morning when he fired a volley at his own Air Force for doing too little in both war theaters. Gates' comments ricocheted at supersonic speed around the Pentagon and across broader defense networks, as officers - and contractors - tried to parse their implications. His bottom line: The Air Force ought to be less concerned with buying more $350 million F-22 fighters for use in future wars that may never happen, and do more to deliver what is needed to fight...
...Harvard is unusual in the degree to which official departmental recommendations can be overturned by the University authorities.” Kaufman did not return requests for comment. No junior faculty member in the department has been given tenure in over a decade. However, sociology professor Robert J. Sampson, the chair of the department, said that the department remains upbeat about future tenure prospects for junior faculty. “We are optimistic given the kinds of hires we have been able to make,” he said. “We have a very, very strong group...