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...struck by the cavalier nature of Cheney's response when he was asked about his plans for after he leaves office. His intention to spend time with his family and go fishing is in striking contrast to the violence, suffering and death that will probably plague Iraq long after he retires. Because of his actions, there are thousands of men and women whose families have been denied the possibility of a reunion or day of fishing...
...contrast, men outnumbered women by 79 percent to 21 percent in engineering degrees...
...Mercyhurst in a pair of non-conference tilts last weekend. The puck drops at 4 p.m. on Saturday, as the Crimson meets Cornell (1-4-1, 1-1-0). The Big Red’s leading scorer, with six points in six games, is freshman Rebecca Flewelling. Harvard, by contrast, features the two top scorers in the country in senior co-captain Julie Chu (4-11-15) and sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt (8-6-14). Sophomore goalie Brittany Martin is second nationally with a 1.09 goals-against average. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
...strategy,” McKinley said. “We started by taking them line, and then we decided to trust our blockers and let them take the hitter and then also to take angle, and that was extremely effective.”The fifth frame, by contrast, was a shootout, with the Lions and the Crimson posting hitting percentages of .353 and .400, respectively. Down the stretch, juniors Mimi Hanley and Suzie Trimble took over the game, stuffing Columbia’s hitters while hammering kills of their own.Hanley—who finished with 11 kills and eight...
...rounded cheeks, his careless hairlessness, even his great red spot all left him looking disarmingly rumpled. That was a guy who not only could dismantle an empire and knock down a wall but would also remember to keep caramels in his pocket for the grandkids. Vladimir Putin, by contrast, is less gentle grandpa than live mink. President George W. Bush may have looked into Putin's soul and been reassured by what he saw, but he might have found less to like if he'd paid closer attention to the Russian leader's beady eyes and take-no-prisoners cheekbones...