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...strong performance from the free-throw line to forge a 69-59 victory over Columbia (8-10, 1-4 Ivy) on Friday night. Harvard (12-6, 4-1) went 21-for-27 from the stripe on the game, including 9-of-10 over the final 5:39 to seal the win. The Crimson held a 56-53 lead with under six minutes to go when freshman point guard Drew Housman poked the ball away from Lions forward Dragutin Kravic as he crossed half court. Housman scooped up the loose ball and raced down the floor, finishing the layup while absorbing...
Braddock has had a year to live with his injuries and his new leg, which now sports a huge State of Washington seal. He calls the ugly seam where doctors sewed up his arm "my favorite scar." His right ankle, the one he was born with, gives him more problems than his prosthetic ankle. "I could take my shoe off to show you," he offers, "but it takes an act of God to get it back on." Then, while people around us are getting barbecue sauce all over their faces, he relives Jan. 13, 2005, the night...
...included an upset victory over league champion Penn last year, although certainly no match up elicits the emotion that pervades Lee for a battle between the oldest of the Ancient Eight. While Housman experienced the negative aspect of that emotion, Yale first-year point guard Chris Andrews, who helped seal the victory by scoring 10 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the free throw line in the final seven minutes, received a warm introduction to the power of his home crowd. “I got the sense from even when we first came out at warm-ups, that...
...victory over league champion Penn last year, although certainly no match up elicits the emotion that pervades Lee for a battle between the oldest of the Ancient Eight. While Housman’s experienced the negative aspect of that emotion, Yale first year point guard Chris Andrews, who helped seal the victory by scoring 10 points on 10-of-12 shooting from the free throw line in the final seven minutes, was introduced to the power of his home crowd...
...government's aggressive policing of the Internet reflects how decisively Ahmadinejad has stemmed momentum toward democratic reform. Hard-liners in Iran's judiciary first sought to seal off the Internet in 2004 by arresting Web technicians and bloggers. Since 2004, authorities have rounded up at least 20 writers for posting subversive material online, handing them jail terms ranging from a few days to 14 years. Last June, following Ahmadinejad's surprise election, the government launched a fresh onslaught, this time against the websites and blogs themselves. Using keyword filters and censorship software pirated from U.S. firms, the government blocked thousands...