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After a 14-5 thrashing last Friday night at the hands of No. 7 Duke, the Crimson (5-3, 1-1 Ivy) travels to Ithaca tomorrow to take on the defending national runner-up, No. 10 Cornell...
...Appel, didn’t achieve the top spot but still lead the Crimson to fifth place out of 18 teams. Powers, the women’s team captain, and Appel, a sophomore, rode two first-place and two second-place finishes in the B boat’s runner-up effort...
Romney has the stronger hand but some real problems. He retains almost all the strengths he brought to the battle two years ago, when he was the runner-up to McCain: a record of accomplishment in business and government; a stately mien (and famously great hair); a solid and photogenic family; a New England base, anchored by a vacation home in primary-powered New Hampshire; and vast personal wealth and fundraiser prowess. But his liabilities are equally formidable. Some are the public's long-standing bigotry against his Mormon faith, a history of breathtaking policy flip-flops and, perhaps...
Harold noted that Daniel was largely motivated by his runner-up finish last year...
...soon as the Taliban were tossed from town, but several U.S. civilian aid workers told me that the Afghan ministries were slow off the mark and hadn't yet arrived. The real work of winning Marjah hadn't really begun. (See pictures of Person of the Year 2009 runner-up General Stanley McChrystal...