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...same fashion, with the Big Red marching to the Harvard 20-yard line before being held to a field goal, closing to four points and setting up Luft’s pivotal touchdown catch on the next drive.“We rode a little bit of a wave,” said Cornell head coach Jim Knowles. “And then when we got down there and they held us to a field goal, that kind of put a little stop on it.”Leading 25-15, Harvard still needed some big plays from the defense...
...Chicago it was the average runner - the man or woman who has trained during lunch hours and is running in hopes of setting a personal best, or as a means of qualifying for a more prestigious race such as the Boston marathon - who formed the marathon's second wave. Numbering in the tens of thousands, they ran through their third and fourth hours (the race began at 8 a.m.) underneath a glaring sun - which, despite official numbers, caused one temperature gauge atop a bank near mile 23 to reach 96 degrees around 12:15 p.m. - when they first started...
...statistics don't give a sense of the chaotic scene on the ground during the marathon. Beyond the very real challenges posed by the weather, the problems included a communication breakdown between event organizers and competitors, a water shortage that left novices dangerously dehydrated, and a wave of anger among experienced runners over the decision to cancel the event when some were as little as a mile away from the finish line...
...politicians, raising France's profile in international affairs - all things that produce big headlines, but whose real impact are hard to measure. And with economic worries now overtaking that earlier buzz, I think it's fair to say Sarkozy has failed in his biggest early goal: creating a shock wave of confidence convincing the French that things are moving in the right direction and getting better quickly...
...Student Organization Center at Hilles to spread awareness about the situation there. About 50 people attended the event Tuesday night, which followed last Friday’s demonstration in Harvard Square. The first speaker, Daw Aye Aye San, was an activist in Myanmar, formerly Burma, in 1988 amid a wave of student protests. She said that after being arrested, she was tortured for six days before being sent to prison. She said that one military officer told her, “You are like water in my hand...nobody can come and help you. Nobody can protect you and live...