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Throughout the four periods of highly competitive play, 10th-seeded Harvard (2-4) had been giving the packed stands at Blodgett Pool something to cheer about. The clear underdog in the match-up against No. 1 seed Navy, Harvard was two seconds away from forcing an extra frame against the Midshipmen. But on a controversial goal in the last moments of the game, Navy took the victory...
This weekend’s ECAC Championships will showcase what Coach Farrar has—or has not—been able to accomplish with the Crimson squad. Harvard is the No. 10—and lowest—seed in the tournament. The Crimson did, however. defeat the No. 4 seed, Queens College, in its opening game. Under Farrar’s guidance, Harvard jumped to a 9-0 lead in the opening period and ultimately defeated the Knights...
Lucky for him, a friend of his brother's wife worked for producer Jon Avnet (Risky Business, Fried Green Tomatoes). Avnet liked the six minutes of robots so much he put up his own seed money and persuaded Law, Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Giovanni Ribisi to sign up for a vintage-looking film about a pilot and a tagalong reporter saving the world from an evil genius. "It's a rare chance we get to do something completely original artistically," says Jolie. "People use blue screen to cheat or enhance a little, but he had a film in his head...
...months ago to spend more time with his family, will be responsible for strategy in elections expected next year - a role previously held by Blair's political rival, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown. Modified Policy EUROPEAN UNION The European Commission gave its first approval to genetically modified seeds. The 17 strains of maize seed, engineered by U.S. biotech firm Monsanto to resist certain insects, can now be grown anywhere in the E.U. Environmental groups fear cross-contamination of conventional crops. Pay Up POLAND Parliament unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the government seek reparations from Germany for the destruction...
...very important," she says. "When you win twice and make history, that stays in the record books forever." TSHERING CHHODEN and TASHI PELJOR Bhutan had never won an Olympic match until current OS athletes Chhoden and Peljor scored archery's biggest first-round upsets last week. Chhoden beat 11th-seeded Chinese Lin Sang in the women's draw, and Peljor outshot No. 13 seed Jocelyn de Grandis of France in the men's. Both lost in the next round, but Chhoden says: "I couldn't have made it here without the scholarship." An Olympic-standard bow costs about...