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...Barbary States in the late 1780s, when they were American diplomats in Europe. They did not enjoy the experience. In 1786 they reported on a conversation with Tripoli's ambassador to Britain. He informed them that peace could be bought for 30,000 guineas (with a Ł3,000 tip for himself) and advised that Tunis would settle at the same rate, although he could not answer for Morocco or Algiers. This was far more than Jefferson and Adams had been authorized to spend. Jefferson had feared as much. "We ought to begin a naval power," he wrote before...
...here tonight with their backs against the wall and angry,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. “I’m not happy at all with the way that the team compensated for [Cusworth’s] loss.” Right from the opening tip, it was apparent that Harvard was in for a long night. In place of Cusworth, 6’8 sophomore forward Evan Harris jumped at center court, and Columbia was able to easily control the ball. On the Lions’ second possession, point guard Brett Loscalzo nailed a three...
...doesn’t allow [the opposing team] to play with the same aggression when they know it’s going to hurt them to take penalties.”The Crimson built a 3-0 lead early in the second period with two more man-advantage tip-ins by Meintel and senior Ryan Maki, just 85 seconds apart. Ten minutes later, at 15:51, Meintel managed an even-strength deflection of Jimmy Fraser’s shot to put Harvard up 4-0.But though the Crimson had outshot the Dutchmen 13-3 in the middle frame, Union roared back...
...holders, some place the ball on the ground with one finger, others with two or more. Koy Detmer, a quarterback by trade, holds his thumb and forefinger on the tip of the ball. "I pinch it like a nipple," says Detmer, who held for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2000 to 2005, and was brought back just for this year's playoffs after Eagles punter Dirk Johnson botched a late-season snap (with Detmer holding, Eagles kicker David Akers hit a 38-yard field goal with no time left to give the Eagles a 23-20 playoff victory over...
...Cusworth] a curtain call.” This victory brought the Crimson’s Ivy League record to .500 as the team enters a the heart of a grueling conference schedule. Harvard will play its first game without Cusworth against Columbia on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m.—Staff writer Robert T. Hamlin can be reached at rhamlin@fas.harvard.edu...