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...those of you who remain unconvinced—those of you that will consider this season a success if Harvard can just sweep Columbia—I’ll be waiting to see the expression on your face when this team far exceeds your lowly expectations...
...attitudes also helps explain why the swing voter, so sought after during the 1990s, is getting less attention. The name of the game for both parties is getting their core voters to the polls. Turnout increases last week were especially dramatic in areas President Bush visited in his campaign sweep the weekend before the election. In heavily Republican Laurel County, Ky., for instance, turnout rose 252% from the 1999 gubernatorial election...
...decisive game five, Harvard’s defense looked as though it had run out of gas. The Quakers defeated the Crimson 15-11, and sent Harvard’s four seniors off with a bitter weekend sweep...
...business as usual, defeating Brown and Princeton to clinch at least a share of the Ivy League crown. With a win either this week in Cambridge or in their season finale against Cornell, the Quakers will capture the title outright for the second straight year. Harvard, in contrast, must sweep Penn and Yale and hope the Big Red can knock off the Quakers next weekend if the Crimson wants even a share of the Ivy title...
...scored, she rebounded, she defended. About all she did not do was sweep the floor after the game was over...