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...because she is far more determined and shrewd than anyone has given her credit for--she has survived the blows that inaugurated her career and managed to free herself from her scarlet AI. Her debut album, Thankful, chugged to double-platinum status while the thoroughly enjoyable follow-up, Breakaway, has sold 5 million copies, spawned four Top 10 hits and earned Clarkson, 23, a prime performance slot at the Grammys this Wednesday. (If justice prevails, she'll also pick up awards in her two nominated categories, Best Pop Vocal and Pop Vocal Album...
...goals of its own within four minutes of the Harvard strike. Senior goalie Ali Boe, who finished with 26 saves, was beat by a nimble Sadie Wright-Ward to tie the game and surrendered the game-winner when she went the wrong way on a 2-on-1 breakaway.“We continue to get the same effort from Ali Boe,” Stone said. “I thought she did a great job tonight. It could have gotten crazy if she hadn’t been there.” Nevertheless, the 11 shots the Crimson...
...Housman—the Crimson’s third leading scorer—and Harris performed well on the road, combining for 16 of Harvard’s 55 points. In the second half, Housman scored back-to-back lay-ups in transition, including a breakaway after stealing the ball at half court...
...Illarionov: By using economic weapons-particularly, energy as a weapon-RAO UES bought a power station in the Transdniester Republic (a breakaway Moldova province, very much under Moscow's influence), and then cut off Moldova from this key power supplier, until Moldova met its terms. Transneft (Russia's state-owned oil pipe monopoly), blocked oil flowing from Kazakhstann to Lithuania, because Russia coveted Lithuania's oil refinery. The latest such case is abruptly raising natural gas prices fourfold for Ukraine...
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—Boston College put on a spectacular aerial show on Thursday night for 7,149 fans at Conte Forum, while the Harvard men's basketball team was unable to even attain liftoff.In a display of superior athleticism that included alley-oops, breakaway dunks and a bevy of baskets from long range, the Eagles (8-2) ran away from an overmatched Harvard squad by a score of 89-55."It's probably the best forty minutes we've had all season," BC coach Al Skinner said. "We've won some ballgames, but we haven't played...