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...third, a 6-2 Harvard run opened the game up and forced a Cornell timeout. The Big Red came back strong, but the Crimson used kills from McKinley, Mays, and sophomore Mikaelle Comrie to maintain the pace and hold onto the lead. At 25-21, junior Alissa Flesher nailed a kill to end the game as well as the chance of a shutout. Flesher repeated the act to start out the fourth frame, which saw constant back-and-forth action. Working off of attack errors, the Big Red threatened to take the lead several times, but lost its momentum...
After months of thorny back-and-forth negotiations, several revisions and much hand-wringing, the Iraqi Cabinet on Sunday finally approved the contentious Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which provides a legal basis for U.S. military operations to continue in Iraq after Dec. 31, when the U.N. mandate expires. But it's too early to pop the champagne. The bilateral U.S.-Iraqi security pact is by no means a done deal: it must still be ratified by a fractured parliament. The Cabinet vote had only one nay to 27 ayes, but nine Cabinet members chose to withdraw from the final...
...hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a man's voice declaring, "If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake we're practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look around and imagine...
...excited about her potential.”Harvard won the first battle, capturing a 25-20 victory after hitting .364 in the game. Despite several rallies by Penn, the Crimson managed to hold on after consecutive kills by McKinley and Comrie. The rest of the game went back-and-forth, as both teams traded points until the Quakers squeaked out a climactic 19-17 win in the fifth game to win the game. And though Harvard held the advantage in kills, 70-63, digs, 79-70, and aces, 7-3, the Quakers dominated in blocks, 15-7.5, a stat that...
...Harvard women’s hockey team settled for a 1-1 draw on Friday against Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (5-5-1. 2-1-1 ECAC) after what proved to be an exciting three periods at the Bright Hockey Center. The game was marked by back-and-forth play and missed opportunities on both ends of the ice.Coming off wins against Quinnipiac and Princeton, Harvard (3-0-1, 3-0-1) came into the game on a wave of momentum. Despite an aggressive offensive attack, the Crimson had trouble finding the back of the net on multiple attempts. Harvard appeared...