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...Beating the Bears could help shape the Crimson’s season long after the final whistle is blown at Ohiri Field tomorrow afternoon. Last year’s 1-0 last-second triumph served as a bit of a spark for the team, and it would love to do it again. “We thought that game was going into overtime, but Nick [Tornaritis] picked up the ball at half, dribbled and scored from about eighteen feet out,” Craig said. “We were all going crazy, and that was one of the best...
...visible - in Europe this year to wonder whether that truism is still accurate. Last week, I heard one of Britain's most experienced commentators describe this year's Conservative Party conference as "young and sparky." The Tories, sparky? What happened to the comatose bunch of wrinklies with as much spark as a soggy book of matches? Of course, there were plenty of them at the conference, too, but the merest hint that it might soon be fashionable to be young and conservative in Britain confirms the significance of other developments. There's the retirement of Joschka Fischer, the iconic figure...
...first half hole-a two-goal margin that was the team’s largest for the entire season-proved too tough for Harvard to climb from. A spark was generated thanks to a Bulldog penalty nearly 12 minutes into the second half. Stamatis converted the ensuing penalty kick, bringing the contest to 2-1 and giving Harvard some newfound hope...
...appointees have cost the lives of Americans. While the White House was working on speeches, people all along the Gulf Coast were desperate. They needed food and water, not rhetoric. Taylor Hebden Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. Revising Government's Role Columnist Joe Klein's argument that the disaster "should spark a reconsideration of what has become a casual disdain for the essentials of governance and our common public life" was right on point [Sept. 12]. Many government departments have seen budget cuts over the past few years, and we have arrived at the logical end. The Bush Administration can no longer...
...Even in the first game, we showed, definitely, a change from last weekend,” Blotky said. “It lit a spark in us that we needed to change things up, and we did a good job in the second and third games...