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...Vermont sometimes feels as if it is one sprawling town. It is a place where families go back eight generations and the Governor answers his own phone after 5 in the afternoon. But it is also a place where local self-determination is a birthright. The state flag is emblazoned with the motto "Freedom and Unity"--but today those values are doing battle with each other. Class warfare has broken...
Rich and poor Vermont towns are fighting each other over a new state law called Act 60, which is aimed at correcting the disparities in school spending between wealthy towns and less fortunate ones. At issue are the most basic values parents teach children: Be fair. Share. Play nice. According to Vermont's supreme court, obeying the rules of the sandbox meant replacing the state's old school-funding system, in which local property taxes generally paid for local education, because doing things that way had led to terrific schools in affluent communities (especially those graced with ski slopes...
...with a solid 6-6 tie against the Eagles, but the same type of inconsistency displayed in the holiday tournament would follow the Crimson back to Cambridge. Finishing out the regular season, Harvard struggled with its league foes, dropping games to St. Lawrence, Princeton, Yale and even cellar-dweller Vermont...
Picking its moments well, Harvard responded with its first weekend sweep of the season with impressive victories over Vermont and Dartmouth. Not only did the sweep boost Harvard into the fifth-place slot, it also gave the Crimson crucial home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs...
However, Harvard found its feet against Vermont after returning to Cambridge, pounding the Catamounts, 24-6, and then survived the charge of a young Cornell squad, using two late goals from Jim Bevilacqua to secure the victory...