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...Harvard men's soccer team opened the second half with a 1-0 lead. A victory would not only hand Dartmouth (8-2-3, 4-0-1 Ivy) its first Ivy loss of the year, but also set up a possible showdown at Brown next week for the Ivy League Championship. The Crimson were dominating the play...
...Crimson also faces a tough road game at Fairfield on Wednesday. With Dartmouth looming next Sunday, a three-hour bus ride and midterms to face, Harvard will have to focus extra hard in order to defeat Fairfield and carry its current momentum into the showdown with Dartmouth...
Indeed, this battle could be influenced as much by the personal styles of the ceos as by the strength of their bids. Vallance, although he flat-out bungled his MCI bid, could use his 20% stake to provide the swing vote in a showdown. He seems more disposed to side with Lee than with Ebbers, who shattered BT's dream of acquiring all of MCI. Lee and Roberts, both engineers, have a common bond, while the defiantly nontechnical Ebbers is a wildcatter who built WorldCom into the fourth largest U.S. long-distance company through a relentless series of deals. "Bernie...
...locals now call the predicament "Roby Ridge," referring to the deadly FBI showdown with white separatist turned militia icon Randy Weaver in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. In fact, the Illinois siege has become a rallying point for militia types from as far away as Nevada. The police find nothing funny about Roby Ridge. They do not want the pun to stick...
North Carolina (7-0), which moved within one win of heading undefeated into a Nov. 8 showdown with No. 3 Florida State, held its 14th straight opponent under 300 yards...