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...Color of Defeat...
...events at Nationals. In the process, Clayton erased sour memories of his poor performance last week at the D’Novo ITA All-American Tournament and his quarter-final loss at the Northeast Regionals last year. In the finals of the singles event, Clayton played through cramps to defeat Columbia’s Bogdan Borta, the seventh seed in the tournament. Down 5-1 in the first set, Clayton succeeded in breaking back twice and forced Borta into a tiebreak, which Clayton seized. In the second, the tables were turned, as Borta stormed back to take...
Last week, Chambers’ blasphemous legal battle finally met with defeat, as the inability to contact the plaintiff overcame the senator’s quixotic fervor and a judge denied his request for a judgment. But, in the legislator’s defense, his justification for the lawsuit has generally been lost amid the frenzied media coverage...
...Whatever the truth of the matter, crime will undoubtedly be a key issue in next year's presidential election. After nearly two decades in opposition, the political right is gaining ground in Chile and may be hoping that a "tough on crime" message will help defeat the leftist coalition that has ruled for most of the past two decades...
...Zanu-PF party - the process broke down. Mbeki flew back to Harare last week, hoping to save the deal, although his own authority had been reduced somewhat by the fact that he had, in the interim, been forced out of the presidency of his own country in a humiliating defeat...