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...pick up any stragglers who had made it to the capital. Often, according to petitioners, the officials pretend to help the visitors, befriending them in a familiar dialect, before hauling them off to the railway station for a forced ride home. As for Li, chances are he was swept up in a similar fashion. He will probably be back before long. After all, he has traveled to Beijing 150 times and been thrown out on each occasion. What is just one more trip for these veterans of lost causes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Left To Lose | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Even after you’re through with the culture shock, you still have to play two hockey games in packed, partisan rinks. It’s no wonder Harvard has swept Clarkson and St. Lawrence on the road exactly once since the 1992-1993 season...

Author: By Jon PAUL Morosi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: JONNIE ON THE SPOT: Road Wins Are Always Hard | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...dominated action all weekend and swept three matches, beating Princeton 15-2, Yale 17-10 and Duke 15-12. The Crimson’s win over Princeton is Harvard’s first against the Tigers since...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Fencing Sweeps Into Postseason, W. Fencing Goes 2-1 in Final Weekend | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Together with the 85-44 trouncing of Columbia on Friday, this marks the first time this season Harvard has swept its weekend games...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hoops Tops Cornell to Complete Weekend Sweep | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...doubles, the Wildcats swept the Crimson, with the nation’s top-ranked pair of Cristelle Grier and Jessica Rush overtaking the No. 50 Bergman-Susanna Lingman duo by a margin...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Loses Third Straight | 2/17/2004 | See Source »

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