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...Harvard on the course of another win. “They were pressing us pretty hard, and they were mostly in our end,” Hoff said after the 2-1 win against Princeton on Saturday. “Then the goal was just kind of a big blow to them, and they kind of went flat until the second half.” Hoff was able to break though a solid Princeton defense thanks to freshman defender Kwaku Nyamekye, who hit Hoff with a well-placed lob that eliminated the Princeton defense. Hoff chipped the ball into...
...bono work and defense of prominent clients including mobster Sammy (the Bull) Gravano and members of the left-wing terrorist Weathermen; to 28 months in jail for aiding terrorism by relaying messages from her client Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman--who is serving a life term for plotting to blow up New York City landmarks--to his militant allies; in New York City. Prosecutors had sought a 30-year term. Stewart, who is battling breast cancer, said the ruling was a "great victory against an overreaching government...
...didn't take long for Dyson to reinvent the public-rest-room hand dryer. Most dryers blow hot air on your hands to evaporate the water pooled on the surface. Dyson's Airblade instead blasts the water off your hands with a jet of air traveling at 400 m.p.h. The hurricane-force wind squeegees water into a drain; in a trial run, it took 10 seconds for our hands to go from dripping wet to bone dry. As a hygienic bonus, expelled air and collected water are thoroughly filtered. The Airblade hits gas or, rather, petrol stations in Britain this...
...goal by junior Matt Hoff toward the end of the first turned the tide for Harvard. “They were pressing us pretty hard, and they were mostly in our end,” Hoff said. “Then the goal was just kind of a big blow to them, and they kind of went flat until the second half.” Setting up Hoff for a one-touch shot, freshman Kwaku Nyamekye launched the ball diagonally from midfield to land directly in front of the goal. After shaking off his defender, Hoff finished the cross...
...left with Vietnam - albeit different interpretations of Vietnam. As Professor Juan Cole points out, Bush is probably relying on a hawkish view that while the Tet Offensive was a major military defeat for the Viet Cong, the spike of violence it brought may have struck a crippling political blow at the American public's will to fight the war. As Cole notes, the irony is that the upside of Tet may not be the first thing that comes to mind for Americans when their President compares Iraq to Vietnam - it may be more likely to confirm the belief that Iraq...