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...another—and could very well harm the long-term national interest. The guerrillas whom the U.S. supported in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion have used their skills only for more violence; the terrorist group Hamas was once Israel’s ill-fated attempt to create a competitor to the Palestine Liberation Organization...
...surprisingly tense contest yesterday, frontrunner State Senator Stephen F. Lynch won the Democratic party’s nomination for the 9th District congressional seat. Lynch beat out his closest competitor, Cheryl Jacques, by a margin of 12 percent--although early results showed a much closer margin. The special election drew a remarkably high turnout of about 110,000, much higher than any predictions...
...Republican primary, State Sen. JoAnn Sprague defeated her only competitor, banker William McKinney, 62 to 38 percent. The seven-candidate Democratic primary received far more media attention during the campaign, however, both for the fireworks among Lynch (who received 40 percent of the vote), Jacques (28 percent), State Sen. Brian Joyce (16 percent) and State Sen. Marc Pacheco (14 percent), and because its winner is expected to triumph in the heavily Democratic district’s November general election. The winner of that contest will take over the seat formerly held by beloved Congressman J. Joseph Moakley, Jr., who died...
...couple of men collect names of the riders entering the big race. Adam is on their list. At age nine, he is the youngest competitor. The race will be a rite of passage for Adam, into the traditions of the Tuareg people of the central Sahara. The competition is both a demonstration of skill, and an opportunity for the village of Timia to celebrate the wedding of Adam's sister. A cry goes up and all the camels rise at once. One lets out a low growl. Women ululate and clap...
...meet where she had faced strong competition, and she jumped no better than 1.90 meters on average. The best jumps of her season—a 1.96-meter clearance at Princeton and the record-breaking height at Hungarian Nationals—all came against fields where the next-best competitor failed to clear even 1.80 meters...