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...that rivaled that of the Yugoslavs against Slobodan Milosevic. Military support for Guei was weak and eventually he fled the country, leaving Gbagbo to declare victory. While this may seem like a success story, it does not end here. The real story is that of a country on the brink of ethnic warfare, severely divided by leaders who seek power at any cost...
...often dominate their quotidian affairs. In his personal life, Tim surrounds himself with comics, constantly finds a witty response for comments and makes his identity revolve around the persona of a comic. He never seems to be off; comedy surrounds his life in all its facets, even to the brink of annoyance and inappropriateness. Kyle explains that "comics lead a somewhat boring life offstage, because of, in some cases, their social dysfunction, which is why they probably ended up in stand-up comedy in the first place. Their way to deal is often to make jokes and to be funny...
...Feinstein has established himself as the authority on men's college basketball by writing about the antics of former Indiana coach Bob Knight in A Season on the Brink to the Atlantic Coast Conference, which annually boasts the nation's most successful hoops programs. In The Last Amateurs, however, Feinstein has turned to the little-known Patriot League, where academics is more important than athletics...
After almost two hours of debate, member Sujean S. Lee '03--who co-sponsored the original bill with Driskell--brought the council back from the brink of chaos...
...PBHA's finances are always teetering on the brink," Hampton says. "Donors don't want a surplus: they could take some of their money and give it to someone else. Non-profits very rarely have large cash reserves...