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Ideal mate: Thomas Crown...
...royal flummery, no one beats the British. Last Wednesday, accompanied by retainers with ancient titles like the Rouge Croix Pursuivant, Queen Elizabeth processed into the House of Lords to open Parliament by reading a dull speech in a firm voice. But underneath the imperial crown, the 76-year-old monarch looked drawn and frail, perhaps because of something else the British are best at: royal scandal...
...It’s hard to tell of our progress in a one-sided match like that,” Harvard coach Satinder Bajwa said of his team, which ceded last year’s league crown to Princeton. “I think that the overall attitude and will to want to perform and play was there, though. So that was good...
Even this victory was bittersweet, however, as Penn defeated Cornell Saturday to seize sole possession of the Ivy crown. Harvard had needed the Big Red to upset the Quakers to have a chance at sharing the league title. Instead the Crimson settled for second place...
...Spain. "We asked to tow the ship to a safe place on the Spanish coast, where we could repair it in calm waters," says a Smit spokesman. "But the Spanish authorities refused." The Spanish say they feared damage would be greater if the leaking vessel - chartered by Swiss-based Crown Resources AG, part of the Russian-owned Alfa Group - was brought closer to shore. The breakup and sinking of the Prestige - after its 27-man crew was airlifted to safety - has also renewed debate over single-hulled ships. "With a double hull, when a ship is damaged there...