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Some skeptics charged that the speech was part of an increasing Pentagon propensity toward "threat inflation." Explained Congressman Les Aspin of Wisconsin: "We are seeing a more exaggerated and disingenuous presentation of the Soviet threat than we have seen in the past." As an example of how this works, critics point to Defense Department hype two years ago for the new Soviet T-80 tank. It was depicted in briefings and a Pentagon publication as fast, heavily armored and bristling with grenade and missile launchers. That was when the Administration was anxious to secure funding for America...
When the Harvard women’s hockey team faced off against Wisconsin in the NCAA quarterfinals round last season, the Crimson was at a severe disadvantage...
...Badgers were ranked No. 1 in the nation, while Harvard squeaked into the NCAA Tournament at No. 6. The game was played at Wisconsin’s home turf in Madison, a far cry from Cambridge despite the similar climates. Wisconsin was the defending national champion, while the Crimson was a few years removed from its last Frozen Four appearance...
This year, the Crimson met Wisconsin in the NCAA Frozen Four semifinals with all the odds stacked in its favor. While the game was played in a neutral location in Duluth, Minn., Harvard was the team with the No. 1 ranking, having cruised to a 32-1-0 season in which the team won the Beanpot, swept through the ECAC playoffs, and trounced Dartmouth, 5-1, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament...
...Wisconsin, while certainly one of the top teams in the nation, barely edged No. 5 Minnesota in overtime to make it to the Frozen Four after losing in the finals of the WCHA playoffs. Essentially, the Badgers were the underdog...