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...Crimson swept into the season with a flourish, first taking out Navy and Penn in a rout of the Adams Cup that saw all five Harvard boats beat out its two opponents...
There's a new obstacle on Lebanon's difficult road to peace: Fatah al-Islam--a Palestinian faction with links to Syria and alleged ties to al-Qaeda--which is accused of bus bombings, bank robberies and attacks on Lebanese soldiers. In late May security forces seeking to rout the group bombarded the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli. The fighting killed at least 50 soldiers and militants and an unknown number of civilians. It has been the deadliest internal clash since the end of the 15-year civil...
...Double Dare’ stuff.” However, band members said they enjoyed the battle. Konopka told a fan after the show, “it was fun! People got slimed!” Although OK Go lost the competition—their fate sealed by a rout in a game of “Guitar Hero”—the Grammy-winning group received a consolation trophy depicting a basketball player attempting a slam-dunk, with a plaque that read: “Nicholas D. Kristoff [sic], Pulitzer Prize Winner, Spring 2006.” Meanwhile...
...Crimson. Over an 18-minute span that began near the end of the first half and stretched far into the second, Harvard gave up 10 consecutive goals, letting the game get way out of hand. What had been a 6-4 battle turned into a 16-4 rout. “We’ve been having trouble giving up runs all season,” Barlow said. “It was a two-goal game for a while, and then they pulled ahead by six, seven, eight. We thought we were in the game, it was going well...
...Crimson (15-16, 10-6 Ivy) pulled out a 2-0 win in game one behind a dazzling one-hitter by junior Shawn Haviland, but the pitching imploded and the bats went quiet in game two, leading to a 13-0 rout by the Bulldogs...