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...weeks, pundits and commentators and grandmothers in shopping centers had labeled the contest too close to call. On election eve, opinion polls made different predictions, weary campaign managers declined to tip a result, and the only bet John Howard was willing to make was that he'd be back on the golf course this weekend. But on Saturday night, Australian voters not only ended the uncertainty, they scoffed at it, giving the Howard government its fourth successive term with an historic increased majority, scuppering the Labor Party's revival hopes with a 3.3% swing to the Coalition, and whipping Howard...
...blues singer James Brown for his “outstanding contributions to human life.” It seems the revered publication has sunk to a new low, by lauding, however facetiously, the so-called “contributions” of a man who faced and pleaded no contest to criminal charges of domestic violence just this past January.If Brown had assaulted a random woman on the street, society would brand him a dangerous man. Even the Lampoon would not honor someone seen as a threat to its female peers. But when the woman is his own wife...
Tully capitalized on the opportunity, recording eight tackles—three for a loss—after entering the contest with just six on the season...
Much of the offensive impetus came from Merritt, who tallied her first collegiate goal in the third minute of the contest. The opening strike came on a corner kick served into the middle by sophomore Katie Johnston to Merritt, who at nearly six feet tall, climbed over the Crusader defense and headed it down into...
...between the two peoples after four years of relentless bloodletting. There is, quite simply, no peace process to speak of right now, and the clock may have been turned back 15 years. Palestinian institutions have largely collapsed, and real power on the streets of places such as Gaza is contest of wills between Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyr's brigade, on the one hand, and the Israeli Defense Force on the other. The Palestinians know they have been atrociously led by Arafat, but that doesn't make them any more forgiving of Israel and the U.S. Their despair...