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Last Saturday in Montgomery, Ala., No. 44 Harvard put a major scare into fourth-ranked Notre Dame in the semifinal round of the Blue-Gray Invitational. The Crimson—which had already upset two top-35 teams in two days—eventually succumbed to the Fighting Irish, 4-3, but not before pushing Notre Dame to the final set of the deciding match in the epic semifinal...
Lingman’s loss ended the Crimson’s lengthy match with Notre Dame, denying Harvard a chance to face No. 8 Illinois in the Blue-Gray finals. The Crimson was forced to settle for two upsets over the weekend—over No. 34 North Carolina, and No. 24 Indiana State—instead of three...
...Karl Rove hatched the plan, it looked like the sort of deft political move that led George W. Bush to dub him "Boy Genius." Last year the President's political strategist recruited Los Angeles' popular outgoing mayor, Richard Riordan, to run for Governor against the vulnerable Demo-cratic incumbent, Gray Davis--and Rove seemed to be taking the first step toward remaking the moribund California G.O.P. in Bush's image. But Riordan's spectacular defeat in last week's Republican primary suggests that what passes for genius in Washington can look too clever by half anywhere else...
...about 20% less than a visitor to the California or Florida parks. Nigel Reed, an analyst at BNP Paribas, says part of that difference is a function of factors like climate - you'll drink more sodas on a hot, sunny Florida day than on a drizzly, gray one in the Paris suburbs. While Euro Disney knows the U.S. isn't necessarily the best predictor of Continental attitudes toward amusement, both analysts and executives say there is room for spending growth...
...first things you will notice in Budapest is that the famous Blue Danube is actually a murky gray. But this will likely be your only disappointment in the Hungarian capital, a vibrant city that is alive with art, culture, history and architecture. With scores of museums, three opera houses and more than a dozen thermal baths, there is much more to Budapest than goulash...