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After dispatching Iona on Sunday, USMMA proved a tougher challenge than expected, with the Crimson winning by only three, 12-9, to complete the sweep...
...they were loading me into the ambulance, Danny O'Sullivan's face swam into focus, looking down at me. "You'd have to be the toughest old bastard I know," he said encouragingly. Give me a break, I said. You used to be in the SAS; you know plenty tougher than me. "Well, toughest old art critic, anyway," he said. That'll do for me, I thought, and promptly fainted...
After years of begging men to be more emotional...like women...is it possible that women are finally getting tougher...like men? Fraenkel speculates that on the cutting edge of gender evolution, ironically, each sex may be sliding into some of the other's former roles. "Men have been encouraged to actualize their more feminine side to be a healthy male," he says, "and independence has become an important emotional statement for women...
...Crimson upperclassmen had a much tougher time. Green took an early lead against top player Trace Fielding, but ended up losing 2-6, 6-4, 6-1. Lee also lost in three, 3-6, 6-3, 3-2 to Petr Koula. Rounding out the singles, the Horned Frogs' Jimmy Haney defeated Styperek 6-0, 6-4. Green and Styperek lost their doubles, 8-3, to Fielding and Koula, while the team of Rich and Barker, which was promoted to No. 2, also was beaten. The only Harvard doubles victory came from the brand-new combination of Lee and Oli Choo...
...reply, Bradley talks about being tougher on handgun registration and campaign-finance reform, then says, "There's a set of differences that are a little deeper." He styles himself an outsider, talks about trust and tells about the Independents and Republicans who approach him in airports and hotel lobbies, saying, "I'd vote for you, but I'll never vote for him." His message: I can beat Bush; Gore, with all his baggage, never will. Bradley doesn't say whether those Independents and Republicans have heard about his unapologetically liberal platform. Maybe he thinks his halo will keep them...