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...struggling to find the right words to fill the blank Valentine's Day card that you just purchased? When the florists asks what you'd like to say on the card with the bouquet, does an embarrassingly long pause ensue? If you have ever found yourself facing writer's block, straining to express your deepest, most romantic sentiments, Internet data indicates that you are not alone...
...Educating Afghan Girls Having helped build or repair 27 schools in north-central Afghanistan over the past six years, I can verify that education is a building block to eliminating poverty, oppression and extremism [Feb. 4]. I have seen remarkable social, political and economic changes among the more than 20,000 children we represent, particularly the girls. They are marrying later and having fewer children. Families are healthier, and mortality rates have decreased. Children are learning much needed life skills. More important, there is now hope. Despite staggering odds, kids are thinking about the future. There is new respect...
...lost momentum. We just didn’t play together.”Harvard traded points with the Gulls in the beginning of the first game, but Weitzen’s solid serving gave Harvard the lead, 8-6. Although Endicott tied it up at 12 on a solo block, the Crimson quickly recovered its two-point advantage and did not look back, pulling away for the win, 30-24.The second contest stayed close at the start, as neither Harvard nor the Gulls could establish a lead of more than two points. But the Crimson lost its hold on Endicott...
...give us some jump and I think that definitely had something to do with it today.” The Eagles opened overtime by testing Richter and the Crimson defense and nearly ended the game several times. Just five minutes into sudden death, Richter slid across the crease to block a BC defender waiting at the post to stuff the puck in, as the puck slid just outside the net. Harvard’s fight to the finish ended when Richter proved unable to slide across the net to cover the far post, allowing Nick Petrecki ample time...
...restoration to power of Yuschenko's pro-NATO coalition following last year's snap legislative election. It is also irked by Ukraine's imminent accession to World Trade Organization membership, which would improve Kiev's ability to stand up to Russian blackmail by giving it the means to block Russia's own, coveted but much postponed entry into the organization...