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...second half, Wisconsin controlled possession again, as the Crimson failed to tally a single shot on goal in the second frame. And with two minutes to play, the Panthers looked to have the equalizer, but Mann stood in the team’s way, diving out to block the shot and preserve Harvard’s second consecutive victory.As Harvard edges closer to its Ivy League slate, it will need to correct these flaws and find a consistency it has lacked so far.“You can’t keep playing like that each game...
...This leaves the community with no local authority other than its chairman, an extremely rotund fifty-something man who resides in a modest cinder block home along the village's primary road. He was appointed over a decade ago, at a meeting of residents advertised with a note pinned to the bus stop, and conducted on the street: It's purpose was to get rid of the previous chairman, denounced as a drunk, although when it came time to pick a replacement, there were no candidates. Eventually, the present chairman - whom most locals know only by his title...
...have another go at the presidency, he will need to be elected before then for a second five-year term by the sitting national and provincial assemblies, before they are dissolved for parliamentary polls that can be held as late as January 2008. But the Supreme Court can block Musharraf's bid to remain in power by enforcing a constitutional ban on elected officials from holding military rank. (Retired soldiers must wait two years before standing for office.) Musharraf previously got around the contravention by getting an exemption from tame judges. That exemption expires when his term does...
Sales of bank-owned repossessions like the one auctioneer Hudson & Marshall is hosting in Detroit later this month are sellout events (700 properties will be on the block, vs. 130 this time last year), but the real money is made by people who get their hands on houses before the banks do. By outbidding the bank at a courthouse foreclosure auction, return on investment can get as high as 25% to 35%. Make sure you are incredibly well versed in your state's real estate laws and prepared for tasks like evicting a family...
...most immediate threat to Musharraf comes from the Supreme Court, which can block his bid to remain in power by enforcing a constitutional ban on elected officials holding military rank. Musharraf previously got around that by obtaining an exemption from tame judges. That exemption expires on Nov. 15, and Supreme Court justices, who resent the general for trying to sack an independent-minded top judge earlier this year, are unlikely to give him another. If Musharraf sheds his uniform, they can block him with another constitutional provision: retired soldiers must wait two years before standing for office...