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What especially struck me during the post-game interviews was the absolute class shown by the Yankees in defeat. Manager Joe Torre didn’t make any excuses, instead saying that Arizona deserved to win after getting to “the best” (i.e. Rivera) when it counted...
...Even if the Northern Alliance manages to cast aside doubts over its fighting ability and seizes Mazar-i-Sharif before the onset of winter impedes the prospects for ground warfare, the U.S. will have to do more of the heavy lifting itself in the campaign to defeat the Taliban. With Washington having been given the nod by Moscow, U.S. personnel are currently scouting airfields in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, not only as logistical bases for long-term resupply efforts in an expanded Northern Alliance-controlled slice of northern Afghanistan, but also as potential staging areas for a more substantial commitment...
...bravado was thoroughly exposed. On Monday evening, he and Dostum sent their men forward on foot and horseback, armed with AK-47s. Almost immediately they met resistance from the better-manned and better-armed Taliban. Depending on which account of the battle you believe, it was at best a defeat, at worst a rout. What is certain is that the reversal set the tone for a very bad week for the ragtag coalition of warlords ranged against the Taliban...
...American bombs softened Taliban forces, the Alliance planned to make its move into the key northern outposts of Mazar-i-Sharif, Kunduz and Taliqan, cutting a swath through the heart of Taliban country. As the Alliance rolled back the Taliban in the north, the thinking went, the certainty of defeat would produce mass defections from the Taliban's ranks, and the regime would implode...
...Harvard women’s volleyball team dropped two matches at home this weekend, falling to Brown 3-0 on Friday night before suffering a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Elis on Saturday night...