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Harvard now turns its attention to preparing for its league schedule. The Crimson, which was Odeneal Divisional winners last year, has moved into the tougher Hay division and will face old rivals Springfield and Queens later in the season. League games begin next week after a final tune-up game against Rivier College tomorrow...
Harvard figures to face a much tougher and more crucial challenge tomorrow evening against Cornell. The Big Red have turned Bright into Lynah Rink East in recent years, having not lost at Harvard during Coach Mike Schafer's six-year tenure. The streak includes a 6-2 rout over the Crimson last year...
...Florida and its aftermath still leaves a bad taste in the minds of many black voters, which could spell trouble for George W. Bush. Allegations of voting improprieties and the disenfranchisement of black voters have mobilized a growing (and largely Democrat-voting) constituency; Bush may now have an even tougher time opening pathways to the African-American community in general and the black vote in particular. It does not instill much confidence or comfort in the African-American community, in Florida or anywhere else, when you say you want to "leave no child behind," but actually accept leaving a great...
Taylor won the 60-meter high hurdles comfortably in 8.57 seconds, but faced tougher competition in the sprints. In the 60-meter dash, Taylor narrowly beat out Cornell sophomore Skye Jay who finished just three-hundredths of a second off Taylor's winning time of 7.71. The pair would match up again in the 200, but Taylor won easily in a season-best 24.44 seconds, while Jay finished over a half-second back...
...Foreign business people expressed surprise at the abrupt termination of their favorite Chinese banker. But Wang's high-profile dismissal is a signal China is getting tougher on the nation's lending institutions, which are plagued by corruption and outmoded, communist-era practices. China's banks have spent years?and lost billions?dishing out money to obsolete state-owned enterprises and deadbeat companies, many of which are owned by bankers' and officials' friends and relatives. About one out of every four Chinese bank loans are not paid back, according to official figures generally thought to be rosier than reality. Making...