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...back-and-forth game that featured seven ties and eleven lead changes in the second half, the Harvard men's basketball team used some strong offensive performances down the stretch to take its Ivy League home opener over Dartmouth, 77-71, at Lavietes Pavilion...
...born into a big family with four brothers, and it is no stretch to say many of my great memories are virtual. We were all very different, some of us bookish, some of us athletic. When I was seven, my father brought home a used Commodore 64, and it almost immediately became a bonding point for my brothers and me. Our contests were no longer as simple as who had the best natural jump-shot, or an innate feel for chess; video games featured all sorts of contests, and thus became a lingua franca...
...ambitions of Viganella Mayor Pierfranco Midali, a 47-year-old train driver, don't stretch quite that high, but he says the €100,000 mirror project, funded by a bank and local governments, has already proved its worth by attracting so much attention. He admits the sun's bounce could be bigger. Midali notes: "Being the first, you can't expect perfection. We want to improve the design so others can use it too." Lodge owner Ragozza is more interested in p.r. than the science, suggesting the town could even start a Miss Mirror bikini contest each winter...
...caused foul problems for Dartmouth. Forwards Elgin Fitzgerald and Brian McMillan each committed four fouls, while fellow forwards Dan Biber and Kurt Graeber picked up three apiece.In the end, Big Green coach Terry Dunn chose the 6’8 sophomore Biber to guard Cusworth down the stretch and in overtime. Biber held the big man to just two points in overtime and will likely be matched-up against Cusworth in the rematch.INJURY REPORTTwo of the Crimson’s reserves have been battling health problems in recent weeks and are unlikely to play against Dartmouth.Sophomore forward Kenyon Churchwell...
...only “got through” in the second half, but broke through Dartmouth’s defense, matching the Big Green’s own All-Ivy candidate, Ashley Taylor, down the stretch. It was hard to say which of Hallion’s backbreaking plays stood tallest: her jumper from the free-throw line as the shot clock expired, giving Harvard a one-point lead with 4:45 left? Her steal and lay-up at 1:37, which she followed with another jumper, pushing the Crimson’s lead to five with just more than...