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...started,” Amaker said. The strong finish came on the heels of Harvard’s game the previous weekend against UC Irvine, when it let an 18-point second-half lead slip away. PAINTED MASTERPIECE Solid frontcourt play allowed the Crimson to take control of the contest, as Harvard’s forwards dominated both on offense and on the boards. Sophomore forward Pat Magnarelli led the squad with 17 points, junior Evan Harris contributed 10 points, and captain Brad Unger added eight. Freshman forward Kyle Fitzgerald provided a spark off the bench in the second half...
...Giuliani isn't positioned to compete for the job of taking Huckabee on - at least not in New Hampshire. Nor is the former New York mayor positioned to do well in the next major contest, in South Carolina. Giuliani's campaign strategy to wait, and wait...and wait until later this month and the G.O.P. primary in Florida, where thousands of transplanted New Yorkers will, at least in theory, rescue him from obscurity. Then, Giuliani's team believes, he can do well in the 20-state February 5 "Super Tuesday" extravaganza because no one will have the money to compete...
...course the contest has only just begun - something the campaign was quick to emphasize. "It's been a hard-fought race here in Iowa for the last year and all eyes now turn to New Hampshire," campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle said in a statement issued shortly before Clinton took the stage. "This race begins tonight and ends when Democrats throughout America have their say. Our campaign was built for a marathon and we have the resources to run a national race in the weeks ahead...
...Republican race, meanwhile, is again thrown into a cocked hat. Relying on a deep well of support among evangelical voters and Iowa home schoolers, Huckabee's win shakes up the GOP contest once more, setting up an unexpected three-way race in New Hampshire between Huckabee, Romney and former Arizona Senator John McCain, with libertarian Ron Paul and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani bringing up the rear...
...left Pakistan just before Musharraf came to power in 1999. She later called it self-imposed exile, but it was also a way to avoid corruption charges Musharraf was pursuing against her. Eight years on, a Bhutto-Musharraf deal seemed to have something for everybody. She would return, contest elections and agree to serve as Prime Minister under Musharraf, thereby giving his rule a veneer of legitimacy. He would drop the charges against her. The White House would look as if it were keeping its word to spread democracy in the Muslim world while still having...