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...Black to keep the Bulldogs at bay. But the first batter to face Black drove a single to right field, which knocked in two runs. The next Yale hitter followed with a single up the middle, scoring one. Junior centerfielder and Crimson sports editor Stephanie Krysiak’s strong throw home retired the second runner trying to score on the play.YALE 7, HARVARD 4In its first comeback attempt of the afternoon, Harvard tried to overcome a 7-1 deficit in the seventh inning. With one out in the frame, Pledger drove a double down the right-field line. Francis...
...improve to 7-5 at that position.Relying on her powerful backhand, Cao got back on the winning track at No. 5 with a 6-1, 6-2 win, despite feeling a little under the weather, according to Green.“I’ve always had a strong backhand,” Cao said. “I prefer my backhand. It just comes naturally I guess.”Sibilski clinched her ninth singles victory and the overall match for Harvard with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 4.“[Sibilski] was a little...
...Bulldogs (10-14, 5-5).“We did talk about wanting to run,” Walsh said.“People get excited because they look forward to swiping the bag,” captain Harry Douglas added.The Crimson got some solid performances out of its strong crop of freshman pitchers over the course over the day. Rookies Jonah Klees and Brent Suter each made impressive starts, while Will Keuper and Conner Hulse helped in relief.“I’ve been using them all a lot,” Walsh said...
...good thing the CIA is now out of the overseas prison business. Black sites, waterboarding and renditions were never really the CIA's strong suit. Classical espionage, the CIA's bread and butter, has nothing to do with coercion. And that is not to mention that the prisons have stigmatized the CIA with the worst abuses of the Bush White House. In any case, it is the military that should be holding and handling prisoners of war, not the CIA. (Read Inside the CIA's Secret Prisons Program...
...estimated combined total of around 15% of the vote taken by Muslim parties is a historical low - it was over more than double that just five years ago. Rising to the fourth position was the Prosperous Justice Party, or PKS, the only Muslim-oriented party to make a strong showing, however slight - the party took 7.7% compared to 7.3% in 2004. Two smaller Muslim parties in the current parliament failed to even reach the threshold of 2.5% of the national vote. "Clearly, the people are not looking for parties based on religion," suggests Masdar Hilmy, a lecturer at the State...