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The preparation started exactly three years ago this past Wednesday. The most recent “best chance” had stumbled out of the gate, dropping four difficult Ivy road contests, and faced the prospect of eight lame duck games and a lengthy rebuilding process. The five seniors that...
Heading for an another inevitable gold-medal showdown at the 2006 Winter Olympics, Team Canada and Team U.S.A. are alone at the top of a women's sport struggling mightily to develop outside North America. They have contested the final of every significant international tournament since the International Ice Hockey...
The level of polarization afflicting Haiti today makes national reconciliation a tall order. Some presidential candidates have already made it clear that should Pr?val win, they will not support him. Most aggressive is businessman Charles Henri Baker, running second in the opinion polls. Pointing to his rival's 1996-2001...
Blunt, as the acting Majority Leader since DeLay stepped down to face money-laundering charges in Texas last fall, had continuity on his side. "A lot of people supporting Blunt are doing so hoping for consistency," said one senior leadership aide the morning before the vote. "They want someone who...
She was considered a leading contender for the position of dean of the Faculty in 2002, when Kirby was eventually selected. In addition to Kirby and Faust, then-Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Peter T. Ellison was considered a top candidate at the time.