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...England's plan, of course, is to write a dark twist into McGrath's next chapter. If their batsmen can find a way to blunt him, they will have taken a huge stride toward ending Australia's run of eight consecutive Ashes victories. Publicly, the England camp has been circumspect about its chances. Mostly it's been lauding Australia, which has lost just seven of its last 40 Tests against its oldest rival - and 17 of its last 100 against all countries. Only in April, the England and Wales Cricket Board set 2009 as the date by which...
...assailant, who was never identified, struck the victim from behind with a blunt object and attempted to rape her, according to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). This was the most serious incident in a spate of more than a dozen indecent assaults against Harvard students reported near the Square between fall 2003 and fall...
...When people say he’s blunt I think they mean he’s very forthcoming,” Wolf says. “In general people expect equivocations but Summers seems willing to take a stand one way or another...
...diplomat, he is unusually blunt and direct, and he has a great sense of humor,” he says...
...Rainbow Warrior is a tough old British trawler whose blunt bow has frequently poked into waters where it has not been welcome. It belongs to Greenpeace, an international environmental group that opposes whaling. Last week Greenpeace carried out its most daring protest yet. The ship narrowly escaped being captured, but seven Greenpeace members, six Americans and one Canadian, were detained by Soviet authorities ... Greenpeace believed that the Soviets were violating the [International Whaling Commission's] recommendation that only native groups be allowed to hunt the California gray whale. With 23 men and women aboard, THE RAINBOW WARRIOR STEAMED ACROSS...