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...Friday night, the Harvard men’s basketball team escaped the specter of two straight close losses in Hanover, emerging from Leede Arena with a 65-53 victory to sweep the home-and-home series with Dartmouth...
...freshman Eric Lynch each won two individual races, as Harvard won six of the last seven events.The Crimson took the top three spots in three different events and the top four spots in one to grab decisive points from Navy (9-1, 2-1 EISL). Cocks led the first sweep, recording a victory in the 200 butterfly in 2:07.76, followed by freshman Dan Jones and junior Jason Degnan-Rojeski.“We were very strong in both butterflies,” said co-captain Dave Cromwell, who won two relays and one individual victory...
...seemed destined for a smooth rollout. Buoyed by the apparent success of the Iraqi elections, the President would score a quick confirmation victory with Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, follow it up with a soaring State of the Union address and then return to full campaign mode with a sweep around the country, talking about big issues like immigration and Medicare and throwing the spotlight on a resurgent economy. But the revelation that his Administration has been spying in this country without warrants--illegally, critics say--may have put a crimp in Bush's plan to climb back...
...Right, or at least a neutralization. It's the very day before King is killed. In that incredible week. In the great sweep of things, Bobby Kennedy and Johnson agreed about a heck of a lot more than they disagreed about, and once they're no longer rivals, you feel that. Whereas in history, we don't think of that. We think of them as complete opposites and, to me, that's the measure of our cynicism, that we don't really care about the substance of politics. We care about the rivalries and the spitballs...
...been candid all along; but in the candid dialogue-is to say, we're constantly changing our tactics to meet the changing tactics of an enemy." Steadfast but flexible. It's the old Bush, with a new wrinkle. The President referred during the news conference to "the sweep of history." He is convinced that, not niggling reporters, is his ultimate audience...