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...second with John Yovicsin, who coached from 1957-70, and left him 39 shy of Joe Restic’s record of 117, set from 1971-93. But Murphy claimed to be most focused on a fourth record, this time concerning next weekend’s Harvard-Princeton showdown. Both 5-0, Harvard and Princeton will face each other as undefeated squads for the first time since 1946. Not since 1922 have the teams met with marks of 5-0 or better.OFF-FENSEDespite guiding his team to victory, junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti was far from perfect: both his execution...
...COLGATE (2-3) Colgate has beaten Cornell in their last 10 meetings, dating back to 1992. But I’m just focusing on 2006, remember? Remarkably similar teams in name (seven letters beginning in C) and place (non-metropolitan New York) and strategy (run early and often). A showdown of productive runners in Jordan Scott of Colgate and Luke Siwula of Cornell. Neither quarterback is afraid to tuck it and take off either.Take the points. Prediction: Colgate 21, Cornell 17DARTMOUTH (0-4, 0-2) VS. HOLY CROSS (4-2) HC, don’t look this gift horse...
Russia has escalated its showdown with its small, NATO-inclined neighbor of Georgia by closing all transport and postal communications. No trains, no flights, no ships, no vehicles, no mail money orders - nothing can cross the border. This time, it's much worse than just another Russian spat with a former satellite state. The Georgia standoff may soon create a major headache for the Bush Administration, because of U.S. support for Georgia's right to align itself with the West...
...nothing more--a prudent step, he added, after Iran tested surface-to-ship missiles there in August during a two-week military exercise. And yet from the State Department to the White House to the highest reaches of the military command, there is a growing sense that a showdown with Iran--over its suspected quest for nuclear weapons, its threats against Israel and its bid for dominance of the world's richest oil region--may be impossible to avoid. The chief of the U.S. Central Command (Centcom), General John Abizaid, has called a commanders conference for later this month...
...Cornyn, according to a witness. Last week, amid bitter Republican infighting and despite a White House lobbying effort that brought both Bush and Vice President Cheney to Capitol Hill, the committee defiantly passed the trio's proposal for trying and interrogating terrorism suspects, rather than Bush's. The showdown on the Senate floor, where majority leader Bill Frist is expected to introduce the President's proposal, is not likely to be pretty...