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...Bush Administration's choice of Maryland for next month's Middle East peace conference as a good omen. Jimmy Carter's Camp David talks in 1978 produced the historic peace deal between Israel and Egypt. On the other hand, Bill Clinton's gathering at the presidential retreat in 2000 broke down in failure and triggered Israeli-Palestinian warfare. Little wonder that leaders from the region are approaching the latest Maryland summit - planned for Annapolis this time rather than history-burdened Camp David - with caution and skepticism...
...aura of nationalism that surrounded Mohun Bagan soon faded with the conflicts of partition. The well-heeled Calcuttans who ran Mohun Bagan often discriminated against athletes from the eastern parts of Bengal, whose accents, culinary tastes and even modes of dress differed. A contingent of eastern officials and players broke away from Mohun Bagan and set up the East Bengal club in 1920. The rivalry was ramped up after 1947, when the departing British divided Bengal along religious lines, its east becoming East Pakistan. Millions of Hindu refugees fled west to Kolkata. With livelihoods and loved ones lost, many...
...Cornell defense has a history of success against Harvard running backs, however. Clifton Dawson never broke 100 yards in four tries against the Big Red, forcing O’Hagan and Pizzotti to try and beat them through the year—with mixed results...
...Switzerland, where Nathan moved his family in 1942. Many of their dealings were with Nazi art procurer Alois Miedl, who bought art for Hermann Goering and others. "Everyone says Nathan Katz's sales were voluntary, that he collaborated," says Cees van Hoore, a reporter for the Haarlems Dagblad who broke the story of the Katz claim last week. "But no one can explain why Nathan fled to Switzerland. What would have happened if he hadn't sold them...
...that afforded Dartmouth a 25-16 lead. The Big Green maintained that lead en route to its 30-23 game victory. The scoring danced back and forth in game two as well, as Harvard twice drew the score even. But the Crimson failed to snatch the lead before Dartmouth broke open a 15-9 advantage. Harvard followed with a pair of kills from Trimble and McKinley to cut the lead to four. But four was as close as the Crimson would get, as the Big Green used a 6-1 stretch to open a 26-17 lead before locking...