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...Tikrit spider-hole. J. Paul Bremer, the American administrator of Iraq, had hoped seeing Saddam on the dock would allow Iraqis to exorcise the demons he had unleashed upon them during his long reign. More recently, as the country descended into a sectarian war, some U.S. and Iraqi officials clung to the hope that the trial would remind Shi'ites and Sunnis how they had once been unified in misery under his rule...
...game progressed, the score looked bleaker still when Brown held a 21-15 lead.But thanks to poor sets and ball handling errors by the Bears, Harvard took four of the next five points to make the score 20-22. That was the closest the Crimson would come, as Brown clung to its lead down the stretch and took game two, 30-26.Game three’s dramatic reversal of fortunes in the opening points offered a glimmer of hope, as Harvard finally found some momentum and jumped out to a 5-2 lead. The Crimson led by as many as five...
...year-olds said yes, as did 28% of those 40 to 58 and 23% of those 59 or older. But although 29% of consumers in the youngest group said they would be willing to spend up to $5,000 for a set, the older groups clung tighter to their wallets. Only 17% of the middle-agers and 15% of those 59 or older said they felt ready to plunk down that kind of money...
...special lady." (That his special lady is 40 years younger upholds another show-biz tradition.) Bennett is at his most reactionary when it comes to making music. Since 1970's disastrous Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!, which featured a Shatneresque take on Eleanor Rigby, he has clung to the great American songbook and insisted on recording with live musicians. If he's doing a duet, he wants his partner singing with him live on a single take--an almost unheard-of level of fussiness in an era when voices are spliced and diced and singers collaborate from different...
...night, they went to an art- museum restaurant and found limos outside. Inside, local women in glittery dresses glided by accompanied by elegant men at a private party. "Let's crash," Stacey proposed, and Ellie was instantly up for it. They drank exotic cocktails with hors d'oeuvres and clung together in the crowd, giggling all the time and finding pleasure just in being in each other's company. The next year they went to the Dominican Republic...