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...overtime to topple the Bulldogs (15-12-2, 10-10-2 ECAC) by a 4-3 final at Bright Hockey Center Friday night.After Harvard earned a man-advantage with 1:11 remaining in the extra session, coach Katey Stone called a timeout and, knowing Yale would assume its tightest defensive formation, sent the top power-play unit back onto the ice in its customary 5-on-3 setup.The decision paid quick dividends when sophomore Jenny Brine, streaking in front of the net, deflected co-captain Julie Chu’s wrister past Bulldogs netminder Shivon Zilis for the game-winner...
...suburbs outside of Philadelphia have become one of the key battlegrounds of 2006, with three close House races, and the contest between Democrat Lois Murphy and incumbent Republican Jim Gerlach is perhaps the tightest of them all. Gerlach eked out a victory in 2004 against Murphy, collecting 51% of the vote. To hold his seat, he is trying to focus the race on local issues like the federal money for local roads he's brought home, and at the same time trying to link Murphy with Nancy Pelosi, the San Francisco lawmaker likely to become Speaker of the House...
...close to call. The race for the G.O.P.-held seat is one of Florida's tightest. Democrat Keith Fitzgerald's slogan: "Go Fitz...
...problem than fraud. Many jurisdictions, especially those with long or bilingual ballots, have struggled to program their computers perfectly, and there have been scattered reports of glitches. In three Virginia cities, for example, electronic voting machines have inadvertently shortened the name of the Democratic candidate in one of the tightest Senate races in the nation. In Charlottesville, Falls Church and Alexandria, James H. Webb's name will appear on the ballot summary screen page simply as "James H. 'Jim'"--with no last name. Sounds like a crisis--except that the same thing happened in the June primary and Webb still...
...judge some leaders but not others.To give some context to Khatami’s visit, it is important to step back in history to September 2002. Back then, General Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, came to speak at the Institute of Politics under what administrators described as the tightest ever security provided.The highlight of Musharraf’s visit arose courtesy of President Lawrence H. Summers’ enthusiastic remarks. As the Harvard Gazette reported, Summers introduced the president, saying that the University’s cooperation with Pakistan reached back to the country’s inception...