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...points per game—was the most likely candidate to take Penn’s final shot. Rosen received the inbounds pass and sped up the court guarded closely by Curry. As the seconds ticked away, Rosen used a screen at the top of the key in an attempt to get free from Curry...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Survives For Season Sweep of Penn | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...then attempted to take the ball to the basket but was stripped entering the paint. Sophomore Keith Wright retained the Harvard possession, diving to the floor to force a jump ball. With the possession arrow facing the Crimson bench, Harvard drew up an inbounds play for Curry. But the point guard was forced to rush his shot with just five seconds left on the shot clock and his layup attempt went off target...

Author: By Martin Kessler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Survives For Season Sweep of Penn | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...like a campus chaplain at a very large non-Catholic school" says Gibson. Raymond Arroyo, a popular host at the conservative Eternal Word Television Network, concedes, "I think his cultural writing is interesting and has its place," while noting that "some have offered that at times the attempt to be relevant has caused his magazine to muddle and nuance church teaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Father Martin: The Priest Who Prays for Stephen Colbert | 3/7/2010 | See Source »

...European and American diplomats say Bosnia's territorial integrity is not up for debate and have warned that any referendum risks inflaming the country's already shaky ethnic balance. "The international community will not tolerate any attempt to undermine the territorial integrity or sovereignty of Bosnia and Herzegovina," Valentin Inzko, the High Representative, emphasized last week after a meeting of the Peace Implementation Council, a body of 55 countries and agencies that still serves as the ultimate authority in Bosnia. In theory, Inzko has the power to cancel a referendum or remove any Bosnian politician from power - including those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosnia's New Threat: Not Bombs, But a Referendum | 3/6/2010 | See Source »

...secretive government de-Baathification committee headed by prominent Shi'ite politicians, banned some 500 candidates - most of them Sunni and secular - from running in the parliamentary election, without ever showing any evidence that linked them to the Baath party. Some critics saw the move as a last-minute attempt by al-Maliki's campaign, which had also been running campaign ads showing Saddam-era atrocities against Shi'ites, to reconnect with the Shi'ite political base. The move raised fears that Sunnis might once again boycott the election and that their alienation from it could once again translate into violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sectarian Tensions Remain as Iraq Prepares to Vote | 3/5/2010 | See Source »

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