Word: face-off
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...Yale and is both the definition of Ivy League football and of the totality of the rivalry between two of the nation’s greatest schools. “To Harvard and Yale, The Game is the Rose, Sugar, Fiesta, and Orange bowls rolled into one glorious face-off, a starched New England epic fraught with history, honor, and a hoary, proprietary blend of intellectualism and intensity. The Bulldogs and Crimson know who the enemy is and when he will be met. They know that win, lose or tin, the game will shadow them the rest of their lives...
Harvard had been scheduled to face the Huskies at the end of both teams’ seasons last year, but a flooded field forced a cancellation of the face-off. Had the Crimson been able to play and defeat the highly-ranked UConn team, its chances for a postseason bid would have been much more likely. As it was though, the game was not rescheduled, and making the upset impossible...
...final stages of the Ivy League season begin for Harvard this weekend as the Crimson face-off against the Big Green in a battle of league elites. Harvard is currently tied for first in the league with Dartmouth and Yale...
...deepening seclusion, the former micromanager who used to personally ground-check the truth of his underlings' reports grew less engaged. A top aide reported it would "sometimes take three days to get in touch with Saddam," even in periods of crisis. At one point during the 2002 face-off with U.N. inspections, Saddam was AWOL, so a senior official took it on himself to authorize inspection overflights...
...Jenkins, 64, would like to settle in Japan, but the U.S. has said it wants to extradite him for prosecution. Koizumi has asked for leniency, if not a pardon. For the U.S., this diplomatic face-off comes at a bad time: it's not keen to alienate Japan, a key ally in the war on Iraq, but it also can't afford to appear soft on deserters. Jenkins' ill health may help: he reportedly suffers from abdominal surgery complications and is expected to head straight to a Japanese hospital. Reeling from the scandal over its abuse of prisoners in Iraq...