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...next night, Harvard had to contend with hard-hitting RIT. With an RIT player off for an illegal body check (go figure), the Crimson took a 2-1 lead in the third when Alissi notched her second-goal of the weekend on assists from junior Francie Walton and freshman Holly Leitzes. But RIT evened it up at 15:15 and neither team made good for the remainder of the game...
...argues his ideas with zest and vigor -- in contrast to the cautious, softspoken approach of Perez de Cuellar. Critics contend that Boutros-Ghali's sharp mind crosses the line into impatience and rudeness toward diplomats, who generally do not like to act hastily...
Government decision makers contend that the two cases are different. "Saying we're doing it here because it's easier isn't a very good answer," admits a senior official. But it is the truth. The U.S. has the overwhelming military advantage in Somalia, while it faces vastly less favorable odds in Bosnia. Says a State Department official: "To pacify the situation in Bosnia to ensure relief is virtually impossible and would require enormous numbers of troops. In Somalia you can plan an operation that will be effective." Thomas Carothers, an international lawyer in Washington, notes that the cause...
...dark, their frustration is, as it has always been, aimed at their leader in the Kremlin. But unlike the Czars and the General Secretaries before him, Yeltsin does not rely on terror to enforce the silence and passivity of the populace. Instead, he has to address its grievances and contend with its elected representatives...
...gather data on the effects -- medical, industrial and political -- of accidents, and then disappear. "Sometimes we feel like rabbits in a laboratory," says Viktor Ribachuk, Ukraine's deputy environment minister. Ukraine officials argue that they cannot do without nuclear power for the next five or six years, and many contend they will need it permanently...