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...took TIME six weeks to piece together our investigation - the clincher was an interview with a girl who survived a killing spree by Marines inside her home - and then we turned our evidence over to the U.S. military command in Baghdad. The military launched a full inquiry, which lasted 13 months, splitting into two separate investigations: the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians, and the failure of Marine superior officers to truthfully investigate and report what had happened. In other words, some of the Marines tried to cover up the slayings...
...After the Bulldogs’ Martin allowed three more goals in the first two period of her Saturday start, she was replaced by senior Riitta Schaublin, the UMD starter in years past, for the final frame. Schaublin made nine saves and permitted only the Vaillancourt clincher.“I’ve never been in this situation when I’ve been at Harvard to have two goaltenders that you could basically flip a coin on a given night and they’re going to give you a solid performance,” Stone said...
...Many wireless music systems have walked in and out of my life, but with Logitech's simple setup and compatibility with all of my Internet music purchases, I was really loving it. The clincher is the wireless remote, which displays all of the artists, albums and songs alphabetically on a clear and spacious screen. There's a wheel for scrolling through names, and a special button for adding tracks to an on-the-fly playlist. Admittedly, the design isn't brand-new - Creative had a primitive version of this years ago, and Sonos has a more advanced...
...Crimson entered the final weekend of the regular season needing wins in two of four games against rival Dartmouth. The season’s high point: Harvard’s division clincher on the final season’s day, a 23-9 rout...
...Scott Anderson said. “We won almost every face-off. It was unbelievable. He only lost a couple in the game.”Ironically, Flood was unable to control the face-off for a third straight time to open the final extra period and the Dartmouth clincher came straight thereafter.But it was thanks to Flood that Harvard did not lack chances to put the game away.Due to the discrepancy in time of possession, the Crimson took seven shots to the Big Green’s three in the first two overtimes as it looked that the cards...