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Iran's voters had been anticipating a heated discussion in their country's first-ever presidential candidates' debate, but even then, Wednesday night's showdown between incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and moderate challenger Mir-Hossein Moussavi was a rough-and-tumble affair that exceeded expectations. And the new season of televised politics could get even nastier...
...spring of 1983, Cambridge became the battleground for a showdown between defense contractors and anti-nuclear groups. A grassroots movement spearheaded by voter mobilization group Nuclear Free Cambridge attracted national attention when members began to voice strong opposition to nuclear weapons research and development in the City...
...Rhode Island was sandwiched in between wins against Vermont and New Hampshire before Harvard was soundly beaten, 5-1, by Boston University in the final game before the start of Ivy play.Again, the Crimson showed its mettle following a loss, downing Yale and Cornell to set up a showdown against 2007 Ivy League champion Brown.“Going to Brown had that extra edge,” incoming co-captain Andre Akpan said. “[The game] was passionate and hard-fought, and something about the atmosphere really made us take...
...Harvard’s all-time assists list and eighth on its scoring list.“She has made her mark on the Harvard basketball program, and players like her don’t come around often,” Finelli said.Six consecutive victories set up the decisive showdown with Dartmouth. While the Crimson did not get the championship it had hoped for, it did achieve a spot in the NIT, where it would lose to a very strong St. John’s team in the first round.“We fell short of our ultimate goal...
...Indians have been shocked by how long the old ideas have lasted," says Bhalla. "But now we are graduating to a sort of center-space like in Western democracies." Few can speculate the Communists' way forward - the CPI-M's central committee is set for a rancorous showdown in New Delhi next month. Nigam hopes the socialist revival in Latin America can offer ideas and inspiration for a movement in India that is short on both. But the days when the specters of a fading ideology line entire city streets may be truly numbered...