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...senior All-American running back,” Witt said. “So Clifton is going to shoulder a lot of the load, being the running back that he is.”Witt is also aided by strong receiving and a young but talented offensive line.The Crimson boast four dependable returning sets of hands in sophomores Chris Sanders and Alex Breaux, junior Matt Lagace, and seniors Corey Mazza and Dan Brown. Freshman Matt Luft is also providing an unexpected spark.The offensive line was a pleasant surprise in the opener, giving both Pizzotti and Witt great protection, allowing...
Although Twombly said she understood that people aren’t happy when a big chain, with more than 130 locations across the world, replaces a local business, she says her store is different from others in the Square, such as Urban Outfitters, which doesn’t boast sweatshop-free values...
...senior vice president at Lenovo. "We didn't talk about growing." After the acquisition, "there was a real entrepreneurial feel again." There were other benefits too: Lenovo got the rights to use the IBM brand name for five years and snatched the premier Think family of computers. ThinkPad notebooks boast some of the best technology in the business, such as sensors that protect the hard drive if the notebook is dropped...
...some Westerners do, is unfortunate. As Africans, my brethren and I did not find it tempting to engage in terrorism in the trying periods of apartheid, slavery, colonialism and the civil-rights movement. It's time Western societies recognize an excuse when they see one; otherwise, the threatening boast of the mullahs-the forced Islamization of the West-will become a reality sooner than anyone can imagine. Boma Gogo Bonny Island, Nigeria...
...course, this isn't just about charity. The scramble to rebuild Lebanon's bombed-out landscape has become a central front in a wider contest for influence in the new Middle East. On one side are Hizballah's Shi'ite Muslim militants and their leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallahwho boast of winning a "divine victory" over the Jewish state--and the group's patrons, Iran and Syria. On the other are the U.S. and its Arab allies, like Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, who have been blindsided by the surge in Hizballah's prestige across the Islamic world and are trying...