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Atal Behari Vajpayee, then, does not seem like the first choice to control a nuclear arsenal. But for four years, the Indian Prime Minister's hands have been the grandfatherly restraint holding back the warmongers in his nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (B.J.P...
...Inamoto is the action hero who at the moment resonates most deeply with fans. The Japanese nation has been unable to rev up its faltering economy, and likewise Inamoto has struggled recently. Signed last year in a high-profile deal by Arsenal in England's Premiership, the 22-year-old midfielder saw little action and suffered the ignominy of relegation to the club's reserves. He reportedly has been released by Arsenal. His redemption, then, was sweet (especially because Arsenal's coach, Arsene Wenger, was in the stands watching) as he scored Japan's first World Cup goal, against Belgium...
...Atal Behari Vajpayee, then, would be an unusual candidate to control a nuclear arsenal. But for four years the Indian Prime Minister's grandfatherly hands have held the subcontinent back from tumbling into war. Despite the fact that he heads the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a constituency stuffed with extremists, Vajpayee has ambitiously pursued peace with neighbor and rival Pakistan, even traveling to the Pakistani cultural capital of Lahore in 1999, vainly hoping to bury the bloody animus of the past and start an era of good feelings...
Harvard’s plan to redevelop the Arsenal complex in Watertown draws criticism. The city claims that the University’s tax-exempt status will cost it tens of millions of dollars in lost revenue. The University claims it will pay a “generous and appropriate fee” in lieu of taxes. Busloads of school children stage a miniature protest...
...fair bet. With 14 major titles in as many seasons with the club, Ferguson and his team looked set for one or two more this time out. Instead, United lost in the semifinal of the European Championship and was edged out of the Premier League championship by an ascendant Arsenal who, days after winning the F.A. Cup, clinched the title by beating Ferguson's stellar team on their own turf at Old Trafford. The winning smile of Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger was that of a man who knew he'd outfought, outthought and outstared soccer's meanest, smartest...