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...direct negotiations. They had aides handle most of the direct bargaining. The two men ate occasional meals together with Clinton or Secretary of State Madeleine Albright sitting between them, but those sessions were strained. Barak came to Camp David with his briefcase stuffed with new ideas to break the deadlock. Arafat came largely cemented in pre-summit positions and only late in the negotiations did those stands begin to crack slightly...
Partly in response to this deadlock, NASA climatologist James Hansen last week unveiled an alternative strategy. Instead of pursuing the politically unpopular goal of drastically reducing consumption of fossil fuels, he suggests going after other greenhouse gases, such as methane, which he thinks has accounted for as much warming as carbon dioxide in the past century, even though it is present in the atmosphere in much smaller quantities...
With 41 seconds remaining in the first half, freshman Jamie Hagerman finally broke the defensive deadlock, scoring to give Harvard a 6-4 lead and complete a strong opening half on a goal assisted by co-captain Jeanne Ficociello...
Hodge pointed to the halftime deadlock as a positive sign...
Freshman center Dominic Moore broke a 2-2 deadlock at 6:44 of the third period, taking the puck down the right wing and blowing past Bulldog defenseman Bryan Freeman. He moved in on sophomore goalie Dan Lombard, who tried to stack the pads, but Moore flipped up the puck and it found its way home for his team leading eighth goal...