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...These guys are great not only as wrestlers, but as people,” O’Connor said. “They couldn’t have done a better job today. They battled and showed that they’re going to put Harvard in the top 20 in the country...
...league especially, there are a lot of penalties taken, and special teams can make or break a team,” Rogers said. “I think our power play and penalty kill have to be better in games going forward...
...film, “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge,” last April. By implementing this measure, the Maryland State Legislature overstepped its bounds. With the December 1 deadline approaching, the legislature should either allow defiance within the university system to continue without interference or, even better, reverse its misguided legislation...
...subsequent generations. Like Napoleon's march into Russia, Cambyses' doomed campaign serves as perhaps the ultimate act of hubris, of a power-hungry monarch who refuses to accept the limits to his ambitions. While these 50,000 Persian warriors disappeared in the desert, Cambyses didn't fare much better. At the time, he was marching on a kingdom in Ethiopia, but provisions ran out beneath a scorching sun and his troops were forced to pick lots having divided into groups of 10. According to Herodotus, the unfortunate 1 of each 10 was killed and eaten by the other ravenous troops...
...Given Sarkozy's long record of advocating increased diversity and better opportunities for minorities in France - including a call for U.S.-style affirmative action - nobody can accuse the President of cynically using Dati and Yade as token members of his government. But both women forged such strong characters and opinions in taking on prejudice as they made their way up France's political ladder that it is puzzling as to why Sarkozy should be surprised when they stick to their guns once they make it to the top. Indeed, Yade's willingness to go against the current is the main...