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It’s been a tough road trip for the Harvard men’s basketball team. After beginning their Ivy schedule this year with a resounding win at home against Dartmouth, it was the Big Green that handed the Crimson their first conference loss when Harvard visited Leede Arena the following week.That was the first contest of a five game road series that has thus far proven disappointing for the Crimson, who lost road games against Penn and Princeton last weekend. Harvard looks to rebound from its three-game losing streak against the Bulldogs tonight and Brown tomorrow...
...when Penn scored five straight down the stretch, and Drew Housman missed a tough potential game-tying three-pointer with five seconds left, that confidence turned to dismay, knowing that the streak of futility would go on. The saving grace was that the Crimson would get another shot at breaking another streak the next night at Princeton...
...more rounds to fight," Obama told reporters in Chicago this week. "It's only a month since Iowa. We see how quickly things can change. We have had more twists and turns than anyone could've imagined." Added David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager, "These are going to be tough contests. Washington, Nebraska and Louisiana will all be competitive contests, they clearly are going to invest quite a bit of time in Maine. That said, we like our chances to add to our delegate lead...
...facing a similar ceiling, a similar inability to speak to the working people of the Democratic Party (at least, those who are not African American) or find an issue, a specific issue, that distinguishes him from his opponent. And his opponent, Hillary Clinton, has proved herself tough, specific and reliable - qualities that become increasingly important as the economy teeters and as worries about the future gather in the land...
...them on with such glee on issues like campaign finance, and partly because he's a liberal media darling. But conservative voters don't always fit neatly into Main Street or Wall Street, theocon or neocon boxes. Some vote with their gut - emoticons? - and McCain's warrior biography and tough-guy persona may trump his voting record...