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Gyorffy was able to force a showdown between herself and Nike-sponsored Tisha Waller. Both cleared 1.89 meters, the same height that Gyorffy jumped to finish second at the NCAA Indoors last year. Neither was able to clear the next height, and because Waller cleared the previous bar in fewer attempts, Waller was named the winner, while Gyroffy was left with another second-place finish...
Next to Trinity, Princeton is probably the most important matchup of the season and the Crimson are looking anxiously anticipating the showdown next Sunday...
...that general-election showdown won't really start for more than five weeks, after the next round of primaries on March 7. So both Democrats are weighing where to fight through the month-long lull. Gore expects to contest New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts, to squash Bradley where he is strongest. For their part, Bradley aides were saying last week that if they did well enough in New Hampshire to get some good free media, they could afford to challenge Gore in more places. A bad showing would force Bradley to focus more on New York and California...
...showdown with Colgate comes at a bad time for Harvard, who was atop the ECAC standings itself just a month...
Madeleine Albright and Vladimir Putin may mug for the camera like old pals, but a dramatic showdown on the high seas may say more about the state of U.S.-Russian relations. U.S. Navy personnel in the Persian Gulf waited until Albright's plane had left Moscow Thursday before boarding a Russian tanker suspected of smuggling Iraqi oil in violation of the U.N. embargo. Russia demanded the immediate return of the vessel and denied smuggling Iraqi oil, although Moscow has taken a lead in efforts to end international sanctions against Baghdad. And that's just one of the areas in which...