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...took the first shot available, rather than working the ball around for the easy shot,” Ides said. “We did not work to crash the boards on offense as well. I would say the first half was reminiscent of Vanderbilt...
...years. But the election of Kibaki, 71, who served as Moi's Vice President before quitting and setting up the first opposition party more than a decade ago, offers hope for a new type of leadership. When Kibaki was finally wheeled onto the stage in Uhuru Park - a car crash on the campaign trail has put the former economics professor temporarily in a wheelchair - the crowd let out a roar. "I promise not to let you down," he told them. "I will be your servant with all humility and gratitude." After a harsh appraisal of his predecessor, he spelled...
...Paul Wellstone's life as a Hollywood movie: scrappy unknown idealist, married to his high school sweetheart, overcomes solid incumbent to win a seat in the Senate. There he storms, and eventually charms, Washington with his rabble-rousing advocacy for the downtrodden. Before he was killed in a plane crash just days before the November election, the Minnesotan son of Russian-Jewish immigrants was a voice for laborers, the poor and the mentally ill, emphatically embracing the long-out-of-fashion label "liberal." In October, Wellstone was one of 23 Senators to vote against the resolution to authorize using force...
Pakistani government officials will come to Harvard for a crash course in leadership and principles of a strong and ethical government...
HOSPITALIZED. ZSA ZSA GABOR, 85, Hungarian grande dame famous for her eight marriages, fewer good movie roles and a 1989 conviction for slapping a Beverly Hills, Calif., cop; in serious condition after suffering a head injury in a car crash; in Los Angeles...