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...shortstop who has normally manned center field in his collegiate career. The Crimson built a 7-4 lead by the seventh inning, and then put the game out of reach on a double scorched down the right-field line by captain Brendan Byrne. But while the score turned out somewhat lopsided, Harvard might have been in store for a shootout had Bruton not stymied Columbia’s offensive momentum. After the Lions tied the game at 4-4 in the fourth, Bruton replaced freshman Eric Eadington. Bruton slammed the door with 3 2/3 dominant innings of one-hit ball...
...Given the crowded field, Texas Republicans would be better served by keeping their powder dry until March or later, Masset says. For the last 30 years, Republicans have followed a somewhat orderly succession process in picking their nominee, but this year's race is wide open. The last time there was an open race, Texas played a significant role that paid off later for the state's conservatives. In 1976, after a string of losses by challenger Ronald Reagan to President Gerald Ford, Texas gave Reagan a big win, making the race very close and setting up Reagan...
...Iran justified its capture of the 15 Brits by claiming they had been in Iranian territorial waters - a claim hotly disputed by Britain. Although boundaries are somewhat contested in the Shatt al-Arab waterway, and British officials had initially said the Iranian action may simply have been based on a misunderstanding, the British position hardened over the weekend, with Prime Minister Tony Blair denouncing the Iranian action as "unjustified and wrong," and warning that Britain viewed it in a serious light. On Monday Iraq backed London's claim that the incident had occurred inside Iraqi waters, which Britain patrols under...
Self-segregation occurs when, for whatever reason, members of a racial or ethnic group isolate themselves from the greater community. In a Crimson dining hall survey of 45 students, about 58 percent of students believe Harvard to be at least somewhat self-segregated. But self-segregation is a loaded term: it implies something is wrong with the way in which people interact with each other. “A lot of people would take issue with using that sort of language. Many people, myself included, feel that there is a space for individual communities on campus,” says...
...Somewhat less certain was whether everything Mather was going to be in the paper. Asked whether noted sex blogger and Matherite Lena Chen ’09, who is also a Crimson magazine editor, would be writing for the publication, Mathews said that he had not spoken to her about doing...