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Sarkozy's Defeat...
Every team works for the thrill of victory. But with victory comes defeat, and this weekend, the Harvard men’s tennis team was left empty-handed...
With the sting of defeat as an extra incentive, Columbia came out strong to get the early lead in the doubles contest by winning the No. 2 match, but the Crimson’s Chijoff-Evans and Tchan responded by evening the tally with...
...dropping all three doubles contests to fall behind, 1-0, early. The team of Cao and Rosekrans lost, 8-4, freshmen Hideko Tachibana and Kristin Norton fell by the score of 8-6, and sophomores Samantha Gridley and Caroline Davis could not keep it close in their 8-2 defeat...
...Earlier this month, 175 nations met in Qatar to discuss the fates of various endangered species, with the U.S., Europe, all scientific opinion and the best interests of the fishing nations all on the side of a respite in commercial bluefin-tuna fishing. Japan orchestrated a campaign to defeat the proposal, in much the same way the U.S. did its level best to put the kibosh on emissions reduction at Kyoto some years ago - approaching the conference in bad faith and determined, come hell or high water, not to address the problem. (See "A Move to Save the Bluefin Tuna...