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...Enemies of the State Joe Klein, in "Into the Lion's Den," is correct that the Republicans' need to demonize Obama trumps the party's ideological beliefs [Feb. 15]. What happened to jumping over the net and congratulating the guy who beat you? Through obstruction, obfuscation and outright lying about Obama - death panels, indeed - they make it clear that the only GOP agenda is to bring Obama down. If this President fails, we all fail. Judith Buczek Camano Island, Wash...
...many nations vying for respect, it's no surprise that international politics often plays a role in scoring disputes. A botched 1972 U.S.-Soviet basketball game briefly heated up the Cold War when a disputed time-out and a wrongly reset clock effectively handed the Soviets three chances to beat their political rivals. They did, by a single point. The Soviets got the gold, and the U.S. team angrily refused the silver. Thirty years later, when Russia found itself with an embarrassingly small number of medals in 2002's Salt Lake City Games, the Duma blamed U.S. imperialism and considered...
...didn’t beat ourselves,” Suter said. “We just ran into a really good ball club...
Fresh off its first season-opening win since 2007, the Crimson batters didn’t miss a beat against the Hatters, notching two runs in each of the first three innings to take a 6-1 lead that would withstand a late Stetson rally...
...Tigers extended their lead to 2-0 in the second period off a goal by Mark Magnowski. The forward beat a Crimson defender on the left side of the ice and attempted a centering pass to an open teammate in front of the crease. Though Harvard captain Alex Biega slid and blocked the pass, Magnowski recollected the puck behind the goal and backhanded it off of Richter and in for the score...