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...Georgia Brandishing Sticks, Throwing Carrots More than 60,000 protesters converged on Tbilisi on April 9, calling for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign over his mishandling of last year's conflict with Russia. The demonstrators, representing a wide range of opposition parties, criticized Saakashvili's lavish lifestyle and his defeat in the war over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Some threw carrots and cabbage at the presidential residence, released a live rabbit (to represent, they said, his rabbitlike cowardice against Russia) and mocked him in political theater performances. But after a week, the number of protesters had dwindled...
...managed to score two runs, its efforts were simply too little, too late, as the Big Green’s defense held fast to end both the game, 5-2, and the Crimson’s two-year reign atop the North Division. The defeat came after a 4-0 shutout loss to Dartmouth earlier in the afternoon.“In the second game, we started making a comeback in the later innings,” freshman pitcher Rachel Brown said. “I really thought we were going to pull it out, and we?...
...Zulu the man-making. It was absolutely wonderful. The teaching of respect was deep - how to live in a community, how to do the things a man ought to do, like propose love to girls. But critically, I was taught bravery. A man must be brave. Nothing must defeat you." - Recalling his upbringing. (The Times [South Africa], April...
Powerful forehands and pinpoint backhands; delicate slices and explosive volleys; dropped doubles points and three-set comebacks; the glory of winning and the pain of defeat...
...remaining fixtures, No. 4 Omodele-Lucien required a second set tiebreaker to finally defeat Tzou (6-2, 7-6 (4)), before No.5 Mangham concluded his campaign with a third set tiebreaker win (6-2, 1-6, (10-6))—ensuring a last hurrah for Harvard...