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...They were undefeated and we beat them on their home turf,” co-captain Chelsea Ono Horn said. “It was really nice to win that game...

Author: By Charlie Cabot, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEASON RECAP: Big League Wins Punctuate Season | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...Syosset, N.Y., native got his chance to shine for the Crimson in the first game of his freshman season when Cohen helped lift the lacrosse squad to a 9-6 victory against Duke on the Blue Devils’ own turf. Netting the first goal of his career, Cohen began his points streak which continues today...

Author: By Steven T. A. Roach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sophomore Thriving, Leading Lax Attack | 4/29/2010 | See Source »

...list of rickety states and terror havens has continued to expand, defense spending has failed to keep pace even as equipment costs have spiraled upward. The prospect of lean times as Britain reins in its budget deficit has pitched army, navy and air force commanders into open turf wars. Lower down the ranks, the endemic overstretch expresses itself in a stark statistic: according to Britain's Ministry of Defence, 1 in 5 troops is unfit for frontline duty, often as a result of injury or psychological damage. Officials from France and the U.K. have discussed burden-sharing, including the possibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defense of the Realm: Britain's Armed Forces Crisis | 4/19/2010 | See Source »

...Caroline] beat an Olympic medalist in the final,” Mills said. “It was very impressive to watch and it was even better because it was on our home turf here at Harvard...

Author: By Catherine E. Coppinger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Vloka Gets Back At Foe | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

...Republican ticket in 2008. On Saturday afternoon, she touched down in the outskirts of Searchlight, Nev., birthplace and residence of the Democrats' embattled Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, to keynote the Tea Party movement's national-tour kickoff event, set firmly and deliberately on Reid's turf. In a taunt to the Silver State's senior Senator, thousands of angry activists from around Nevada and the country swarmed his hometown to make it clear they have placed his defeat for re-election at the top of their 2010 to-do list, and Reid's droopy poll numbers make...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarah Palin Goes to War: Go for It? Hell, Yes! | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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