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Harvard, currently ranked No. 5 in the Northeast, will be facing both teams for the first time...
...wants to sweat the Arabs - his last name and Cheney's connections are supposed to make this easier than it was for Bill Richardson. He wants to lift regulations on the construction of U.S. oil refineries, which he says are clogging the supply line, and create a privately managed Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve in case refineries, as they are now, aren't up to the job of supply. He'll promote an energy alliance with Mexico and Canada, energy resources in non-OPEC regions, and establishing a meeting of G-8 energy ministers to encourage independence from OPEC...
Last winter, when the administration was also faced with high prices and oil shortages in the Northeast, Gore was against the release of reserve barrels. And while oil prices are higher this year, and the shortages more dramatic--there are only 4 million barrels of oil in New England this fall as compared with 14 million last fall--the economic fundamentals remain the same. Flooding the market with barrels from the U.S. reserves may not do anything to lower prices in either the short or long...
Doubly frustrating for the Crimson was the missed opportunity to play a much-anticipated contest that would have given Harvard a chance to overtake the top spot in the Northeast rankings...
Traditional power UConn is other national contender in the northeast region. The No. 25 Huskies (3-3-1), who made the national title game in 1997, have struggled thus far with a tough schedule that includes national powers Santa Clara, Penn State, Stanford, and Nebraska. The schedule will get even more brutal when the Huskies play at Harvard on October 25th...