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...constant threat opened up Penn’s offense and, combined with good ball reversal, kept Harvard guessing defensively. Sullivan said that his team faced an uphill battle trying to defend the shot, the dribble and the pass against Penn’s three-person backcourt...
...It’s a hard job to hound him,” Dunphy said of Harvey. “I think he’s a terrific player, very good scorer and a constant mover out there. Those are hard guys to defend. But I think Schiff is a pretty good athlete and the size seemingly helps us as well...
...like it. If we don't agree, we say: 'F___ you.'" Their actual sexuality, it turns out, is unclear - there are reports of the girls having (gasp!) boyfriends. That's merely a detail to a marketer like Shapovalov, who can also sling psychology to defend his interests. "Most teenage girls, if not all of them, have these kind of feelings," he says. "They simply came to the fore in our project." Getting attention for the "project" is one thing, but Tatu's pop actually delivers. Their million-selling album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, was re-recorded in English...
Those who defend our inalienable right to free speech must never hinder the ability of another to speak his mind. So too must the leaders of minority communities be ever vigilant against the menace of discrimination. While race should be considered as a sometimes-integral part of an applicant’s personal background, policies that discriminate against a person, whether that person is white, black, brown or purple, are immoral and antiquated. It is time that we move past race and start assessing people based on their merit, not on their skin color...
...merits of the cases that it, too, should be considered. Sergei Mironov, head of the Federation Council, the upper house of the federal parliament, said appeals by Chechens to the European Court would not reflect badly on Russia's image, adding: "Any citizen has the right to defend himself this way." Long a thorn in Russia's side, Chechnya declared independence in 1991, and was granted substantial autonomy in 1996. It has remained a battleground, both with Russia and over human-rights issues. In the cases accepted in Strasbourg, Magomed Khashiyev and Roza Akayeva allege torture and extrajudicial execution...