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Despite a one-sided history that has seen the Harvard men’s lacrosse team beat Holy Cross in 23 consecutive contests dating back to 1958, the Crimson had to stave off a furious Crusader rally in the final minutes to hold on for a 12-9 victory on Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.What was supposed to be a tuneup for next weekend’s rivalry game against Yale quickly turned into a dogfight. “The thing about these games that makes them so challenging and dangerous is that the other team really has nothing...
...forced to compromise with his old foe, because U.S. economic support is vital for South America's poorest nation. And nowhere is compromise more difficult for Morales than on the issue of coca itself. The leaf has a centuries-long tradition in the Andes, where it is chewed to stave off hunger and where its tea made is served everywhere from fancy hotels to rural homes. But export of the leaves beyond the region has been banned since 1961 by a United Nations anti-drug convention, because they also contain the base product for cocaine...
...Instead, on that day, the fiery Iranian leader muted his tone and appealed for dialogue with the West, evidently hoping to stave off a second U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions over Iran's failure to heed its demand to suspend uranium-enrichment activities. But on March 24, the Security Council unanimously voted to expand the sanctions, and now Tehran has reverted to defiance...
Without any whistles, the overtime periods were instead full of near misses as both teams—Harvard familiar with bonus hockey, the Badgers not having played more than 65 minutes all year—struggled to stave off exhaustion...
...This is, without a doubt, the game of the week--if, of course, Cornell can stave off the Tigers on Friday. Assuming that happens, this contest becomes enormous for both teams, but especially huge for Cornell, which would control its own destiny in the Ivies by beating the Quakers. It doesn’t seem likely, considering Penn shellacked Cornell in Ithaca earlier in the year, but the learning curve for the Big Red’s stellar freshman has been steep. One of those frosh, guard Ryan Wittman--son of Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Randy--will show...