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...because of their former status as satellites of the U.S.S.R. During the Cold War, Poland and the Czech Republic were part of the Warsaw Pact, which the U.S.S.R. formed in response to NATO. After the Cold War ended, however, they aligned themselves with Western Europe, and as of 2007, six of the eight founding Warsaw Pact states had joined NATO and the European Union. Although NATO is no longer officially an enemy of Russia, Russia’s opposition to the NATO membership bids of Georgia and Ukraine last April suggests that it still views NATO with distrust, and that...
...Bears began their field goal drive with 25 seconds remaining in the third quarter, holding the ball for 6:31 and scoring with 8:54 left in the contest. After getting the ball back on a Harvard punt with 7:46 left in the game, Brown ran only six plays and gained just 17 yards, but took advantage of the new 40-second play clock to run 3:01 off the clock before the Crimson’s final possession. “It didn’t feel like we had the ball a lot,” Harvard...
...league in turnover ratio in our first game. We got a victory against a good team. I said to our guys, you’re not going to survive that again against a good team. And we didn’t.”Harvard failed to score on six straight drives spanning the second and third quarters and scored just the field goal from 14:53 left in the second until 1:03 remained in the fourth. Whether it was the weather, a mental lapse, or Brown was just better, the Crimson simply did not play consistently...
...good things must come to an end. On Saturday night, Harvard (3-3-3, 0-1-0 Ivy), for the first time in six games, lost a game. Penn (4-3-1, 1-0-0 Ivy) dominated on the offensive end, putting two of its 12 shots past stalwart Crimson keeper Lauren Mann to secure a 2-0 victory in its Ivy opener. The Quakers looked strong in their first Ivy game as defending conference champions, out shooting Harvard 12-4 and tallying a staggering seven corners compared with just two for the Crimson. This has been an ongoing struggle...
Davikos and Springer eventually placed first and second, after guzzling seven and six pounds of spinach, respectively...