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Harvard could not fully capitalize on the miracle, splitting its final Ivy weekend with Dartmouth and forcing a one-game showdown with Brown for the Rolfe title. But the do-or-die scenario only meant that Crockett would get to work even more magic...
Then, in the most important league showdown of the season, Harvard narrowly averted disaster against top Ivy challenger Cornell, who had hung tough, just a half-game back in the standings...
...momentum that Harvard gained from those wins propelled the Crimson to a huge nonconference victory over No. 20 New Hampshire at Jordan Field on April 24. Suddenly, the Crimson found itself riding a three-game winning streak heading into an Ivy showdown with No. 6 Cornell...
...military confrontation, Pakistan won't necessarily fight a conventional war. For years it has pursued the Kashmir conflict through the proxy of Islamist guerrillas and terrorists. And although its nuclear doctrine is not yet clear, recent reports suggest that Pakistan actually mounted nuclear warheads atop missiles during the 1999 showdown with India over the Kargil section of Kashmir. Washington now has the unhappy task of averting a conflict every bit as intractable as the Israeli-Palestinian one, but with nuclear weapons on both sides...
Heading into the best-of-three showdown with Princeton, Walsh had hinted that his pitching plans included Nyweide, senior Chaney Sheffield and praying for rain. The thinking was that if the Tigers pushed Harvard to a decisive third game, a rain-out on Sunday would buy Harvard enough time to rest Crockett for Monday’s makeup date...