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Those struggles against non-conference opponents—Harvard lost to BU three times last year, lost to Maine, managed a tie with BC and lost to Northern Michigan—have been a thorn in the team’s side for years. Last season, when Harvard made the NCAA Tournament without the ECAC auto-bid, it was despite the team’s abysmal showing against anyone outside the ECAC...
...1970s, he initially stood by the former football star--even housing him in the days after the 1994 murder of Simpson's ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman--but later publicly expressed doubts about his innocence. "The blood evidence," he told ABC, "is the biggest thorn in my side...
...Frogs are a duo from Wisconsin who like to shake things up with their controversial CDs, which claim to support a “gay supremacy movement” and both pro- and anti-racist stances. Female duo Baby Rosebud play tracks from their new album Thorn, highlighted by the accorgan, a combination accordion and organ. 9 p.m. $10. The Middle East Upstairs, 472 Mass...
...suburban Sydney, and a mere 17,000 people were there to see it. Five times that number will pay to see the equivalent match at this Cup, not least because they recognize that the standard of rugby has soared. "So many countries are strong this time," says Reuben Thorne, captain of New Zealand's mighty All Blacks team. "Whoever wins will be a bloody great side." The All Blacks have two fine wingers in their Cup squad, but they'd still love to have a healthy Jonah Lomu, who - as the most devastating ball-runner the game had seen - ignited...
...China's Women The pathetic condition of women in China is a thorn in the side of all those who toil for the equality of humanity [July 28]. One should not believe women are the weaker sex. In today's world, women have achieved as much as, or more than, men in many fields of endeavor. History shows that there have been many women who ruled nations better than men. Chinese women are the light of the country and the lamp of the family. When we darken the lives of women, we are darkening our own families and country...