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...defense played its part, blocking 13 shots and forcing several others wide by cutting off lanes. But there were several instances where the Big Red simply failed to convert on good scoring opportunities.“In a big game like that tonight, with all the excitement in the air, we didn’t show much poise,” Schafer said, adding, “We had some breakdowns—we had some opportunities, but we didn’t get our head up and make that extra pass and forced it [instead].”That...
...thrown onto Harvard hockey players during lineup introductions, the Big Red basketball faithful were raucous and loud the whole way though, cheering for its home squad while jeering the Crimson players. Every time that Harvard sophomore Jeremy Lin touched the ball, for example, chants of “Air ball!” were heard throughout the arena, referring to some errant misses by Harvard’s leading scorer early. As the lead grew and the outcome was no longer in question, the taunts turned mostly to cheers for the Cornell squad, who clinched its first Ivy League title...
...late-game heroics would continue later on in the period.With eight minutes left in the game, the Crimson found itself on another power play and took the offensive. Freshman Kate Buesser charged the net, launching a shot towards Big Red goalie Jenny Niesluchowski that popped into the air and landed in front of Brine, who drove the puck home to put Harvard up, 3-2.“It was an exciting goal,” Brine said. “We worked really hard and we were hitting a lot of posts so it was nice...
...known as the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, or FARC, and the success of that mission was underscored Saturday by the stunning news from Bogota that the army, using Plan Colombia-funded communications technology, had found and killed the FARC's No. 2 leader and spokesman, Raul Reyes, in an air raid and gun battle...
...Kenya's lush Rift Valley, arrows are scattered around a dusty, hay-littered compound. Men in plaid-checkered shirts construct bows and say they were forced to arm themselves for war. "We were using swords but they were not effective," says Sylvester, 24, slashing a knife in the air. "In a day we can make between 80 and 100 [arrows]," he adds, refusing to give his last name out of fear. Community members pool money together to buy the necessary tools in secret; the arrows are then distributed within the neighborhood. Local leaders know about the arrow factories, but police...