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...where we are going to have some really tough opposition. So this was a fairly good start.” This season, even more so than in years past, the women needed the practice. With the loss of junior foil fencer Emily Cross, the team boasts three freshmen in the weapon, all experienced in the national circuit, but not the college. According to Brand, this transition can be difficult, as they begin to compete not only for themselves, but also for the team. “I didn’t know the college format,” freshman foil...
...reception thrown by Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol a week after the Democrats prevailed in congressional elections was a party some power players had been waiting more than a decade to attend. The fte was for newly elected freshmen lawmakers, but Pelosi's invited guests included big-name Democratic lobbyists like Jack Quinn, Tony Podesta and Steve Elmendorf. Said a partygoer: "I thought to myself, they're all back, all the same old faces. It was just like old times...
While she was clearly one of the best freshmen on last year’s squad, Brine has stepped into a more senior role on the team this year after some off-season training, combined with the experience of playing a year at this level...
...look like last year’s team, but the Harvard women’s squash team began its season this weekend just like last year’s: with a couple of convincing wins. With four freshmen and no sophomores on the 12 women squad, the Crimson eased to consecutive 9-0 victories over Williams yesterday and Brown on Friday. Against the Bears, the Harvard sqiad did not even give up a game. In fact, junior Jennifer Blumberg, playing at No. 2, and senior Audrey Duboc, playing at No. 4, only gave up two points each. Yesterday, the story...
...moderate Hoyer won in part because he had the support of the committee chairmen, who are the liberal old guard. They put practicality over ideology, which is just what voters asked them to do on November 7. And Hoyer also held the support of those freshmen. They appreciated the time and money that Hoyer had put into getting them elected in 2006, and understand that unless they are independent, they won't get reelected in 2008. As the Brookings Institution's Tom Mann, one of the smartest scholars of Congress, put it: "The Democrats today saved Pelosi from a disastrous...