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...patrol neared Sangin, Mahmad, 22, heard gunshots. He looked up to see that the man riding next to him was dead. Soon they were surrounded by Taliban guerrillas who had charged from the hilltops shouting "Allahu akbar." Five policemen were killed before commanders called in air support and backup from Afghan army soldiers and U.S. commandos. Later that day, at a triage center in nearby Gereshk, Mahmad pulls up a sleeve to show where a bullet grazed his arm. In four years' policing one of the country's most volatile regions, he says, "I have never seen fighting like this...
...Colgate (16-10-6. 12-6-2 ECAC) after missing last Monday’s Beanpot consolation game because he was “a little banged up,” according to Donato.But 20 minutes, eight saves, and two goals later, Daigneau found himself on the bench watching backup goalie Justin Tobe play out the game.“It was very simple,” Donato explained after his team’s 4-1 loss. “Justin, at the time, gave us the best chance to come back.”Tobe notched 24 saves...
...been named. John Daigneau, who has been the Crimson’s starter for the majority of the season, didn’t play in Monday’s Beanpot consolation win because he was “a little banged up,” Donato said, and because backup Justin Tobe had played well in practice. Tobe earned the 5-0 win in TD Banknorth Garden. “I’ll probably just hold my cards close to my vest on that one,” Donato said when asked who would start tonight. Donato also mentioned...
...cymbals to high heaven, Jon H. Carter ’06 deftly fingered twisting guitar lines, and Boch stole the show with loopy vocals and wild facial expressions.As good as they were, what the Blanks. needed to clinch victory in “battle” was a little backup. When the crowd was asked to choose the winning band through a show of applause, the Northeastern mob easily overwhelmed the competition. Blanks. hardly stood a chance of winning.After the show, Le-Khac characterized the band as being above the event’s frat-boy nonsense...
...Every time you can’t tell what words a song uses because of the egregious backup choir and orchestration abuse...