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...Rajapaksa can vanquish Prabhakaran, he will have just one foe left: the economy. The cost of the war may be more than the country can afford, with the defense budget far exceeding the government's revenue after servicing of the national debt. "It just doesn't work," says Harsha da Silva, an economist and consultant to the Asian Development Bank. A victory would reduce that spending but might also bring down with it a rural economy propped up by soldiers' salaries and pensions. In many villages, the army is the main employer, and without it, families will begin to feel...
There was no love in the air at the Bright Hockey Center on Valentine’s Day. Instead, it was a hard-hitting, physical, and sometimes wild battle for the Harvard men’s hockey team (7-14-4, 7-7-4 ECAC) against its historical foe, No. 6 Cornell (15-6-4, 10-5-3, ECAC).The rivalry between the two teams is one of the oldest in intercollegiate competition, dating back to 1910. With bragging rights and crucial league points on the line, it was no surprise that both teams came onto the ice with their...
This past weekend, the Harvard women’s tennis team traveled to Hanover, N.H. to play in the ECAC Team Championship. The three-day tournament was hosted by Ivy League foe Dartmouth and included seven of the eight Ivies. Seeded No. 4 in the draw, the Crimson (1-2) fell, 4-3, in the first round to the Big Green (1-5), but rebounded and dominated Cornell (3-2) 6-1 in the fifth-place match. Up first on Harvard’s schedule was fifth-seeded Dartmouth. Last season, the Crimson ended its 2008 campaign by losing...
...David.The Harvard men’s volleyball team entered Big Ten country last Friday with plans of upsetting defending national champion Penn State, only to leave town as the Nittany Lions’ latest victim, 3-0. The very next day, Harvard (2-4, 0-2) fell to league foe East Stroudsburg, 3-0, despite beating the Warriors just a week ago at home. EAST STROUDSBURG 3, HARVARD 0The Crimson entered Saturday’s game against East Stroudsburg looking to rebound from its loss against Penn State, but fell to the Warriors...
...going to bring this party to every corner, to every boardroom, to every neighborhood, to every community," Steele said in his short victory speech. "And we're going to say to friend and foe alike, 'We want you to be a part of us, we want you to be with us, and for those of you who are going to obstruct, get ready to be knocked over...