Word: sweeter
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Although you can’t always win them all, there’s nothing sweeter than a sweep. While the Harvard men’s lightweight crew dropped its first race of the season Saturday in a matchup of the top three crews in the country, the Harvard heavyweights took on Navy and Penn and won all five races of the regatta—the first time it has done so all season...
...second set 5-7. The rookie suffered an early break, but responded with four straight games to put the match out of reach. With a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win, Davis capped a storybook senior day with a dominant showing from all classes, a victory made even sweeter following a February team loss to the Big Green...
...more ideal. Days after President Obama fired the CEO of General Motors, and instructed GM and Chrysler to fix up fast or drive headlong into bankruptcy, college basketball's annual bonanza, the Final Four, has arrived in the Motor City to provide a much-needed distraction. What's even sweeter: Michigan State University, located just 90 miles west of Detroit in East Lansing, made the national semifinals this year, giving the locals more reason to cheer (unless, of course, they bleed the University of Michigan's maize and blue and wouldn't dare root for an archrival...
...shutting out Santa Clara 7-0. The match marked the first shutout victory for Harvard in over two years. “[The win] really brought us closer together and got everybody excited about the rest of the season,” Green said.To make the occasion even sweeter, the Crimson did not drop a set on the day for the first time since the spring opener against Boston University in 2006.After the Crimson swept the doubles point, Harvard looked to cement its second west coast win in singles play.No. 88 senior Beier Ko defeated her Bronco opponent...
...simple bluesy opener, "Black Hearted Love," walks up to the edge of carnal desperation ("When you call out my name in rapture/I volunteer my soul for murder") but never quite cedes control. "Leaving California" is sweeter, and sounds it; built on quaintly out-of-tune acoustic guitars and twinkling piano, it's a credible country waltz. "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" grooves like Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" even as it tells a folktale of a doomed girl...