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...back and fourth game, the Crimson broke a 2-2 tie in the final frame as junior Hayley Bock singled up the middle, driving in what turned out to be the winning run. Bock’s hit scored Macadam, who singled and stole second to place herself in position to put Harvard ahead...
...country is merely regaining its former glory. The Chinese have been pulling gold from the earth since the Song dynasty 1,000 years ago. But after the communist takeover in 1949, mining went dormant for decades. Personal ownership of gold was banned as a bourgeois extravagance, and production rarely broke 20 tons a year. That started to change with economic reform in the 1990s. Small wildcat operations began to proliferate, and these relatively unsophisticated outfits dominate the sector today. While countries such as South Africa, Australia, the U.S. and Canada get most of their production from a few dozen large...
...following spring, when an all-out sectarian war broke out between Shi'ites and Sunnis, the Mahdi Army was blamed for much of the violence. The militias specialized in the kidnap and gruesome torture of Sunnis; hundreds of mutilated bodies were left in the streets and in garbage dumps. The militias began a year-long campaign of sectarian cleansing in many of Baghdad's mixed neighborhoods, driving out tens of thousands of Sunnis...
...sealed the match for Harvard. The Texas native bested Martin Kosut 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. “I’ve been on a little bit of a losing streak, lacking some confidence,” Ermakov said. “In the second set, I broke through, getting into it, getting tired. [The fatigue] actually feels good, getting to make use of all the work we’ve been doing off the court.” Certainly, the endurance of the Crimsons players proved crucial in the three and a half hour affair. While...
...despite ethical reservations, it became very clear Sbire's case deeply moved a majority of people in France, both in and out of government. "Her illness has left French people shattered these last days," said French government spokesman Luc Chatel when news of Sebire's death broke. "[Sbire] inspired great respect among our citizens...