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...struck out ten Seawolves and only allowed two hits on her way to a complete-game victory. After a slow start to the game, Harvard pieced together a 3-0 lead after the fourth inning, led by Pledger who had two RBI. Brown continued to dominate, and the Crimson withstood a Stony Brook rally in the seventh to seal the victory. “This was a great game—the team really came out wanting to win,” Brown said. “This is good for the pitchers to learn their endurance levels, and good...
...With Harvard out-shot in the first period of both games, Kessler was forced into action as the Crimson withstood early Cornell onslaughts; the Team Canada Under-22 goaltender didn’t disappoint...
...Panic of 1837 but was bailed out by the country's richest man, fur magnate John Jacob Astor. Astor's associate Moses Taylor built City into a bulwark of sound finance--big capital reserves, stingy lending standards--that bankrolled the Union during the Civil War and easily withstood the first postwar financial panic...
...Beyond money, the Mafia is a study in power. Provenzano withstood conditions of abject poverty in order to reign over a vast criminal network from the heartland of the Italian island. (A boss who flees his home turf with a suitcase of cash is, on the other hand, considered a failure and possible traitor.) Of course, power and money feed off each other: Provenzano, for one, never stopped working to acquire wealth for Cosa Nostra, even if he couldn't spend it himself. Despite the blows to its leadership, the organization still generates billions of dollars of annual turnover...
Last night inside Levitates Pavilion, a battle raged between the Harvard women’s basketball team (5-4) and the University of Vermont (5-3). At the end of the day, it was the Crimson that withstood the forty-minute slugfest and survived, defeating the Catamounts, 69-67. “I think we came into this game with a lot to prove to ourselves,” senior Katie Rollins said. “We had to prove what we are made of, how tough we are. I think that Vermont was a good test for us. They...