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After the first 26 contests Obama and Clinton remained neck-and-neck in the pledged delegate count. But this past weekend Obama won by wide margins in Washington State, Nebraska, Maine and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in addition to a tight but impressive victory in Louisiana. If he overwhelmingly wins the so-called Potomac Primaries, where 237 delegates are at stake, he could start to break away from Clinton, especially since he's also favored in the next two states due to vote on February 19, his native Hawaii and Wisconsin, next door to his home state of Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Obama Keep the Momentum? | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...trying not to let [Gerbe] beat us, and certainly he did,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91 after the loss. “We strayed from our game plan,” MacDonald added. “We’re usually pretty tight defensively, strong on the penalty kill...I’m not sure what the cause of that was.” While Harvard will need to figure out the causes of its team-wide defensive breakdown in order to shut down Gerbe and the Eagles this time around, at least...

Author: By Daniel J. Rubin-wills, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Shot at Redemption | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

...Williams gutted out a tough five-set victory, 8-10, 9-2, 10-8, 8-10, 9-4, in which three of the five games in the match went into overtime.In a back-and-forth battle where she was twice within two points of victory, Mumanachit fell in a tight contest, 8-10, 9-2, 10-8, 8-10, 9-4, to record only her second loss of the season. Neo dropped her match in straight sets, while Zindman fell in four to knot the contest at three matches apiece. Zindman’s loss was her first...

Author: By Barrett P. Kenny, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Continues To Tumble | 2/11/2008 | See Source »

BORIS TADIC, President of Serbia, after a tight election victory over nationalist rival Tomislav Nikolic. The E.U. now says it wants to speed up Serbia's progress toward membership...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...taught me that music like Girl Talk’s blog-approved dancehall indie mashups—which mix every song known to the teenage girl—tend not to go over well with the MLB set that was thronging the opposite side of the street. Certainly the tight jacket I was sporting was cause to walk home a bit faster. At the very least, I expected a shout of “Pansy!” or “Queeah!” At worst, I foresaw someone from my side getting the day-glow kicked...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SINGING ACROSS THE STREETS | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

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