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...Princeton squad to its limit, but ultimately fell in a 74-68 double overtime thriller Friday night. The Crimson has not won at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym since 1989. Friday night proved just another chapter in Harvard’s depressing history in this small New Jersey town. This time, however, one huge twist in the story made the loss all the more agonizing.Housman, showcasing the very zenith of his speed, versatility, and scoring ability, seemed to take the Crimson on his shoulders, scoring 12 of the team’s final 14 points in regulation...
...Princeton squad to its limit, but ultimately fell in a 74-68 double overtime thriller Friday night. The Crimson has not won at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym since 1989. Friday night proved just another chapter in Harvard’s depressing history in this small New Jersey town. This time, however, one huge twist in the story made the loss all the more agonizing. Housman, showcasing the very zenith of his speed, versatility, and scoring ability, seemed to take the Crimson on his shoulders, scoring 12 of the team’s final 14 points in regulation. Calling...
...Witness race in the flesh, and may not have caught him on TV either. For his home was not the dirt tracks of the U.S. or the impossibly green paddocks of Britain and Ireland, but a splendid racing complex set amid skyscrapers in Hong Kong's Sha Tin New Town. To the folk of Hong Kong, a Special Administrative Region of China, Silent Witness was a hero; to true followers of the turf, worldwide, a legend. Now, put to pasture, he deserves to be known for who he really...
...their tiny community is quickly vanishing. "My students threatened to kill me if I didn't graduate them, because I don't wear a head scarf," says a female engineering lecturer from Baghdad's University of Technology, one of hundreds who packed an Iraqi church service in the industrial town of Södertälje, southwest of Stockholm. Ali Hamid, a 33-year-old Shi'ite ophthalmologist, had a scrawled death threat slipped under his door; he fled last month, leaving behind his wife and two children. Raya, the maternity doctor, says her family decided to leave when...
...frigate Philadelphia ran aground in Tripoli harbor; America had to burn the stricken ship. On the plus side, in 1805 William Eaton, a feisty diplomat, led a force of Marines, mercenaries and Arab allies 520 miles over the Egyptian desert and captured Tripoli's second largest town (the line in the Marine Corps hymn, "to the shores of Tripoli," commemorates this exploit). Jefferson ended the war by agreeing to pay the pasha $60,000, which was much less than he had wanted...