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...with two wins it would retain its Ivy League title and earn a spot in the NCAA tournament. A large 24-point victory over lowly Brown in Cambridge last month gave the Crimson plenty of confidence going into Friday’s matchup. But the Bears were looking to spoil the party. Putting pressure on the ball handlers, Brown forced 11 first-half turnovers and prevented Harvard from getting settled. The opening frame was very much back and forth, but the Crimson was able to take a six-point lead—the largest of the game at that point?...
...Even though battles with the Bulldogs are always heated, tomorrow’s game has extra incentives. The outcome will decide whether Harvard will take the Ivy League title for the second year in a row and the Elis would like nothing more than to spoil the Crimson’s season.“They’ll have the game hyped up,” Hallion said. “It’s a tough place to play but it’s a fun place to play. I’m sure we?...
...Experience, in other words, gets its value from the person who has it. In certain lives, a little goes a long way. Some people grow and ripen through years of government service; others spoil on the vine. At the same time, the value that voters place on résumé is constantly shifting. James A. Baker III is an authority on this. In 1980, he managed the campaign of his well-credentialed friend George H.W. Bush, under the slogan "A President we won't have to train." But the public mood was sour on Washington, and victory went...
...Sure, there are four games left in the season, and the Crimson does have one more chance to spoil Cornell’s perfect season on Saturday night...
...Like Geller, most Florida Dems are furious with the DNC ruling; U.S. Senator Bill Nelson even sued the DNC last year, but lost. But many also believe the DNC is bluffing - that the eventual nominee, not wanting party divisions to spoil his or her convention moment, and not wishing to exclude the nation's fourth largest state from that moment, will pressure party leaders to include Sunshine State delegates. "At the end of the day, there is no way the DNC is not going to seat our delegates," says Ana Cruz, a Clinton campaign organizer in Tampa. "The nominee...