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Riding a wave of offensive momentum after back-to-back victories two days before, the Harvard baseball team (13-21, 6-6 Ivy) looked to stretch out its recent success into a three-game win streak...
...more than her scoring that helped propel the Crimson to victory. Down the stretch, VanderMeulen picked up key draw controls that allowed Harvard to maintain possession long enough to drain the clock and make a Princeton comeback impossible, as the Crimson finished the contest ahead...
...Crimson dropped a five-set thriller to Sacred Heart, 3-2 (30-23, 31-33, 32-30, 26-30, 15-13), last Friday despite strong performances from sophomore Matt Jones and Kuld, who recorded 26 and 19 kills, respectively. Harvard led by one down the stretch of the fifth set before the Pioneers rallied for three consecutive points, including a game-winning block that sealed the match...
During an eight-day stretch, a small group of parents and children repeatedly occupied the office of Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, trying to draw attention to the teacher furloughs that have closed public schools for 13 Fridays since last fall. The families did homework together, made posters for their cause and five times stayed overnight...
...Mohammed School was built by Canadians in 2005, in Senjaray, a town just outside the city of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. It is said that 3,000 students attended, including some girls - although that seems a bit of a stretch, given the size and rudimentary nature of the campus. There are two buildings, a row and a horseshoe of classrooms, separated by a playground in a walled compound. No doubt, the exaggerations about the school's size reflect a deeper truth: most everyone in Senjaray loved the idea that their children were learning to read and write - except the local...