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...back the Big Easy's confidence. When he encouraged evacuees last week at a number of shelters across Louisiana to "come back and work" in New Orleans, many angry former residents retorted that they were tired of hearing empty promises. "Before Katrina, the man used to give us straight yes and no answers, and we liked that," says John Washington, 40, an owner of a small print shop who lives in the city's Ninth Ward, perhaps the hardest hit by the hurricane. "But I guess you never really know the measure of a man until disaster strikes...
...anti-oil" portfolio, as Miller calls it, should rally sharply if the price of crude slumps. But will it happen in time for him to beat the market for the 15th straight year? Miller knows the odds are against him. If only he had bought those oil and gas stocks, he laments, "we'd be nicely ahead of the market now." For once, he understands how hapless the market makes the rest of us feel, but in Miller's case, that lesson in humility may prove as ephemeral as the gathering gloom over the price...
...remaining and ran out the clock. THIRD AND THREE Non-league play is completed for the 2005 season, leaving the Ivy League with a non-conference record of 14-10. Against the Patriot League, the Ancient Eight was 10-7....Harvard’s victory Saturday marked the second straight year the Crimson has spoiled Lafayette’s homecoming weekend. The Leopards will play at Harvard Stadium in the 2006 and 2007 seasons....Harvard was three-of-four on fourth-down Saturday. The Crimson’s sole missed conversion came at the start of the second quarter...
...came up short, losing 3-0 at Yale (13-2, 4-1) Friday night and following up with a 3-1 loss at Brown (6-10, 3-2) Saturday afternoon.Harvard has not been able to find any kind of winning rhythm, having lost five straight and 12 of its last 13.“When our defense is on, our offense is off, and when our offense is on, our defense is off,” said junior co-captain and setter Sarah Cebron. “If we could get those two things to coordinate, we?...
...season moves along, the Harvard field hockey team is finding both goals and wins more hard to come by than ever. On Saturday, the Crimson lost its sixth straight game, falling to rival Yale by a score of 1-0 at Johnson Field in New Haven, Conn. Harvard dropped to 5-7 (1-3 Ivy) as the Bulldogs improved to 4-8 (1-3) with the win. The game marked the fourth time the Crimson has been shut out this season. In six of its seven losses, Harvard has scored one goal or less. “I think...