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...Talat complains: "We are facing very unfair treatment. Lifting the international isolation on Turkish Cypriots should not be a question of bargaining." But bitter memories and generations of distrust have made compromise difficult. The Turkish military, diplomats believe, has more than 30,000 troops on the island; the bulk of them would probably have to leave in the event of a settlement, and their leaders would prefer that they did not. For their part, Greek Cypriot business leaders and resort owners fear competition from the Turkish side of the island if the north gains official recognition. Ordinary Cypriots blame their...
...yard backstroke events, with Hart and Festa earning points in the 100 and Hart and Davidson getting on the board in the 200. “The swimmers are starting in on some harder sets,” Pipitone said, “and they are also starting to bulk up on workouts and getting stronger. So when February comes around we can taper really well and rest and hopefully beat Princeton at the end of the season.” —Staff writer Abigail M. Baird can be reached at ambaird@fas.harvard.edu...
...bulk of “Out of Iraq” is a recitation of historical British and American blunders in the Middle East, followed by an excoriation of the Bush administration’s conduct in the present war. “In previous chapters we have discussed why America must get out of Iraq,” McGovern and Polk write on page 91 of their 127-page book. “Here we will lay out a plan to show how our exit might be accomplished.” Someone apparently forgot to tell them the only people...
...Both Allen and Webb need to get major turnout here. Webb hopes to accumulate enough votes to make up for a deficit in the southern and more conservative parts of the state, while Allen needs to hold down his margin of defeat in the north while getting the bulk of voters in the southern part of the state. Whoever wins can only hope the Senate turns out to be a lot less colorful...
...bounces, you don’t get some,” Tobe said. “I couldn’t really give up any more goals, I was just trying to help keep the team in it. While the Crimson actually outshot the Big Green 32-29, the bulk of Harvard’s attempts were low-percentage shots taken closer to the blue line, while Dartmouth was able to attack the Crimson net from a much closer proximity. “We were on the periphery pretty much all game,” Donato said...