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...followed--the gnomic reports by Hans Blix, the U.N.'s chief biochemical-weapons inspector; Powell's presentation of new intelligence on Saddam's WMD capabilities; increasingly frantic British efforts to forge a new resolution that might win a majority of the Council--was no more than flowers on the coffin of Resolution 1441. Powell was furious at the Martin Luther King Day ambush. "He had won an internal debate within the Administration to go to the U.N.," says a Republican Senator. "But the French ratted out on him. That lowered his stock." The next weekend Powell flew to the World...
...pair of late Harvard goals—separated by just 23 seconds—set the tone for the rest of the game. In the second period, late Crimson goals would put the game out of reach, while in the third, late Harvard goals were nails in the coffin. With the win, the Crimson avenged its 4-3 loss to Minnesota (27-7-1) in November...
...struck back, intercepting an errant pass, running the ball back into the Crimson zone and holding on for the rest of the game. Northwestern sophomore Courtney Flynn’s goal off a free position shot with nine seconds remaining proved to be the final nail in the coffin, sealing a 7-4 victory for the Wildcats...
...Prête pour le Voyage,” or “Ready for the Trip,” a woman is stretched out horizontally in a coffin-like shape. Cauvin said in her gallery talk that slaves were also kept in coffin-sized spaces. She said the bright yellow hue covering the woman’s face was a bad omen, the color of drama, stress and death...
When asked why the woman in the coffin and many of the people in her paintings have long, red fingernails, Cauvin giggles, “That’s what I see when I go back to Haiti...