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...last year in the Beanpot,” Sifers said of BC. “So right now it’s payback. It’s a huge game for us.”HARVARD 5, RPI 1After a sluggish start, the Crimson rallied behind Vaillancourt to pull away down the stretch. Harvard fell behind 1-0 midway through the second period but tied the score later in the frame and used a natural hat trick from Vaillancourt to bury the Engineers in the third period.It was Vaillancourt’s third hat trick of the season...
...seconds apart. Ten minutes later, at 15:51, Meintel managed an even-strength deflection of Jimmy Fraser’s shot to put Harvard up 4-0.But though the Crimson had outshot the Dutchmen 13-3 in the middle frame, Union roared back in the third, scoring twice to pull to 4-2. “We took some penalties there, and they were able to make some plays and take some momentum,” Donato said.But with just over two minutes remaining, Meintel took the puck on the right side, skated in, and flipped it high across Mrazek...
...doubles that can stick with anyone in the country.”The Wolverines swept the doubles matches to pick up their first point with relative ease, forcing Harvard into the challenging bind of having to win four of six singles matches.At first, the Crimson looked determined to pull off the upset, winning their first sets at No. 1, 2, 4, and 5.Harvard’s 93rd-ranked sophomore Chris Clayton, playing at No. 1, continued his strong play, beating his opponent 7-5 in the first set and, after failing to convert three match points...
...Bush team] may be stumbling toward is grand strategy by accident, that includes diplomacy, economic muscle, military force and all of your capacity to lead other countries," says a former U.S. ambassador. But can an unpopular, lame-duck President, and a team with such a record of ineptitude, pull it off? "It is still going to be a very bumpy road," he says...
...humanitarian catastrophe inside Iraq will be horrific, but unless the U.S. is prepared intervene with 450,000 soldiers, the report recommends that it should pull its smaller force "back from Iraqi population centers" to safe havens "and refocus American efforts from preventing civil war to containing...