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...second stanza, third baseman Nick Carter walked with one out, followed by a double by fellow sophomore shortstop Mark Mager. Yale pitcher Craig Breslow (0-3) proceeded to walk the next two batters he faced, including John O'Donnell and Faiz Shakir with the bases juiced to put the Crimson up 3-0. Breslow was replaced by John Steitz, who promptly walked another Harvard run in. A Brian Lentz groundout RBI capped Harvard's scoring before Scot Hopps grounded out to end the inning...
Crimson rookie pitcher Christina S. Lewis tamed Indy bats for three innings before giving way to relief ace junior Doug O'Malley...
Princeton pocketed another pair to take a 5-3 lead before Harvard freshman Katie O'Brien stopped the Tigers' 5-0 run with a goal of her own 12:25 into the game...
...chilly March day, the sky ash colored, moist with drizzle. Outside the Washington Hilton Hotel sat a long line of black cars and military vehicles, a commonplace scene in the nation's capital. At about two o'clock, the President of the U.S. walked out from his scheduled appearance there--a slot on his calendar, nothing unusual in the life of a President. He turned, smiled, waved to the gathered crowd, squinting a little even though the day was dull, maybe to see better because he's nearsighted and didn't always wear his contact lenses. Then came the gunshots...
People hankering for a peaceful, rustic existence should probably curl up with Edna O'Brien's splendid new novel Wild Decembers (Houghton Mifflin; 272 pages; $24) before moving to the sticks. Things are not as pleasant in the tiny western Irish village of Cloontha as the scenery suggests. Michael Bugler has arrived fresh from a sheep farm in Australia to claim the land left to him by a deceased uncle, and the newcomer's presence stirs up the villagers. Especially agitated is Joseph Brennan, whose ancestral farm borders Bugler's property. Brennan tries to be neighborly, but his true spirit...