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...team came into the season with a veteran offense and the make-up of a dark horse Ivy League contender. The other came in with a title to defend and an untested quarterback. It was anyone’s guess who would still be undefeated at this point...
Developed in the 1970s before the days of computers and Play Station, Dungeons & Dragons is a role-playing game. Real people develop characters and, under the direction of the Game Master(s), enact an adventure. They fight to save a princess from a tower; they defend their kingdom from the ogres; or, in a more modern plotline, they seek out the robots who have blocked the oil pipeline to their village...
...second half, Harvard shifted to defend the downwind side in a rapidly rising gale. Any clearing attempts were stuffed by the winds, and Dartmouth kept the pressure on accordingly...
...announced the launch of a $100 million advocacy campaign to promote and defend "the free enterprise system" two weeks ago, Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas Donohue, 72, maintained that his new initiative was not "a campaign against anyone" or "about any piece of legislation." At the same time, he cited "plans afoot to weigh down America's once vibrant capital markets with excessive regulations, and to raise taxes on our most productive citizens" and also raised the specter of socialism, which he said was making worrying inroads, especially among youth...
...Seeing the size of the fight he faces may help explain why Geithner was so outspoken on the Hill Thursday. "Now that we have hammered out an agreement with Frank," says the top aide, "it's time to defend it." Geithner's biggest advantage is that the politics of reform are on his side, as he told the big bankers last week. Americans aren't much interested in details, but any appearance of moving forward on reform will have support, while those who try to slow the Administration down will appear to be siding with the big banks and Wall...