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...Crimson (now 7-6) may have lost some of the momentum of its four-game winning skein, but otherwise would appear in good shape to wrest the number-one raking in New England away from UMass with a victory over Dartmouth at home on Saturday. In the latest poll, the laxmen were ranked a single vote behind the Minutemen, who Harvard beat earlier this season at Amherst...
...tonight at 9 p.m. at Northeastern's Matthews Arena, the women of the Harvard ice hockey team will try for the third straight year to do it--to wrest the Beanpot from a bigger, stronger, faster and more skilled Northeastern team...
Just as the White House made ready to battle on Capitol Hill to wrest perhaps as much as $175 million in military funds for the Central American nation, disheartening news came of a daring guerrilla offensive. On two year-end raids, leftist insurgents not only captured and held El Salvador's fourth-largest military base for some eight hours but blew up the Cuscatlan suspension bridge, a span that had come to symbolize 20th century progress for Salvadorans...
...actors who give the production any shape, in fact, are the ones who move beyond their lines to create characters in 3-D. Sven Krogius brings a bizarre array of mannerisms to the pivotal Judge Brack, the only personality stronger than Hedda's, and the only one who can wrest the plot out of her control. Tall and gaunt, Krogius speaks in a sneering whine and lopes through the generally imaginative blocking with enthusiasm. His malevolence becomes the production's dominant force, which unbalances things but at least raises the excitement level...
...rest of the half was a seesaw battle The Crimson, though clearly more talented, could not assert itself enough to wrest control of the game. Goalie Lisa Rowning and the Harvard defense held the Big Green scoreless...