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...grabbing the puck following a melee in front of the net.“I thought we played very well on our defensive end today—we didn’t give them a lot,” Stone said.Five minutes later, Harvard made the breakthrough.In a swift counter-attack, Chute moved into the Brown half and passed the puck to Vaillancourt on the left wing. The forward raced through the middle, supported by Brine coming up on her left for a 2-on-1 play for the Crimson. With only Stock to beat, Vaillancourt slid a neat pass...
...French officials, who had asked for a 30-year sentence for Ganczarski, were still pleased with the outcome. The guilty verdict in a such a difficult case, they note, is a sign that France's counter-terrorism and civil justice system works. "It's gratifying to see the French legal system can both enhance security and render justice to victims by prosecuting terror cases above the board, and by the book," says Marc Trévidic, a senior investigating magistrate in France's specialized anti-terrorism division. "It's especially true in a complicated case like this...
...extra-legal system for dealing with terror suspects and return them to courts that handled them before 9/11. "That's an important move, because trials and convictions are supposed to render justice to victims, their families, and society - and revenge-seeking kangaroo courts don't do that," a French counter-terrorism official notes. "Does that risk [the possibility of an] innocent verdict or lighter sentences? Yes. But that's how the system works. Fix or improve it if you don't like it, but don't stick another rigged system...
...fertility drugs? IVF? embryos splitting into multiples in utero?), the mere possibility of a doctor's transferring a large number of embryos to a relatively young patient--an unmarried mom raising four singletons and a set of twins--has put fertility specialists on the defensive as they try to counter the perception that theirs is an undisciplined, irresponsible profession. "The word cowboys comes to mind," says Robert Stillman, medical director at Shady Grove Fertility Center in Rockville, Md., the country's largest fertility clinic...
...projects covered under the plan to use American-made steel. Moves are also afoot in the Senate to extend that "buy American" steel requirement to other construction materials covered by the package - causing tempers to flare in Europe. "A dangerous new steel war is looming, and we need to counter it with strong and decisive actions," warned Italian Trade Minister Adolfo Urso on Monday. The problem with that, Lannoo advises, is not only that European retaliation would risk setting off an escalation of protectionist sparring with the U.S.; the powerful forces of protectionism could wind up dividing the E.U. itself...