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Many Democrats say that while Alito may be mild mannered, his views reflect a conservative activist befitting the "Scalito" moniker that liberals have given him in order to tie him to Supreme Court firebrand Antonin Scalia. White House aides want Alito prepared for a barrage of hostile queries, so he continued last week with practice sessions in a Justice Department conference room and a White House auditorium. Former Solicitor General Ted Olson stopped in to fire questions aimed at sharpening the nominee for surprises. White House officials believe Alito's understatement will play well in such a heated atmosphere. Asked...
...We’re trying to stress that, but they are only freshmen—it’s their first time through, they don’t really get it yet, unfortunately.” Harvard has had a successful season thus far, as the eight victories tie a record for non-conference wins in the Sullivan era dating to the 1991-92 season, but such success does not automatically continue through to the intense Ivy campaign.The last time the Crimson went 8-5 in non-conference play was the 2002-03 season, which ended in a disappointing...
...victory in Bolivia: The candidate whose politics most resembles that of Morales (and Chavez) is Ollanta Humala, a retired lieutenant colonel and an admirer of Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle. Before the Bolivian elections, Humala had been polling about 12%; immediately after, he was at 22%, a statistical tie with the candidate of the center-right ruling party, Lourdes Flores Nano. While denying ties to Chavez for most of the race, Humala did an about-face on Jan. 3, traveling to Caracas and taking a front-row seat in the first meeting between Chavez and Morales. The Peruvian press...
...have been pretty happy with our defense, it has been our offense that has been a little troubled. I did not expect our defense to be my major complaint.”The two teams battled evenly through most of the second half. With the score tied at 53-53 with six minutes left, Friars forward Shauna Snyder scored eight straight points, including two three pointers, to give Providence a lead it would not give up.Trailing 61-53, Moretzsohn scored two straight baskets to cut the lead to four, but the Crimson would only score two more points the rest...
...three-pointer with seven seconds left to force overtime.“Roemer was a freshman last year, and he kind of snuck up on us, which is something that hopefully won’t happen this year,” Stehle said.With a win, the Crimson will tie the most non-conference wins in the Sullivan era with eight. The 1995-96 squad posted an 8-4 non-league mark and played the Ivy schedule at .500 for a 15-11 finish. Harvard needs to win two of its final three non-conference games to post the best...