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...field was 48 teams, and the region’s top seven teams made it in 2001, the first year with 64. While regional parity isn’t technically an NCAA selection goal, it inevitably matters because there aren’t enough interregion games to accurately distinguish teams on opposite coasts...
...winners of two play-in games. That leaves one spot for about five teams in serious contention—BC, Central Michigan, Iowa, Harvard and William & Mary. The Crimson will need BC to win the Big East, all the other four teams to do absolutely nothing to distinguish themselves in their conference tournaments and no other surprises in conference tournaments across the nation to have a chance. In other words, the Crimson’s fate couldn’t be much further out of its own hands...
...team from Alfa and Vympel were ordered to set the hostages free in two hours. They donned white armbands to distinguish themselves from the Chechens wearing similar camouflage suits. Then they injected the sleeping gas through the building's ventilating system and holes bored underneath the auditorium, hoping to immobilize the gunmen and especially the explosive-laden women. A source close to the Alfa unit says that five times the required amount of gas was funneled in. "They used a lot, to be on the safe side," he says. "They were well aware of the repercussions for them should...
...people feel that victory--even if it comes not this year and not in Nevada--is inevitable. Each year there are fewer members of the pre-boomer generation, who tend not to distinguish between heroin and pot. In 1983, only 31% of Americans surveyed had tried pot; the new TIME/CNN poll puts the figure at 47%. And though pot use among teens is down from its '70s highs, parents sneaking joints when their kids are asleep is a fresh phenomenon. But the polls show that Americans still cling to pot's forbidden status, which is why the pro-pot people...
Polls and ballots do not make a liberal democracy. Consequently, it is impossible to distinguish our friends and foes solely by the outward trappings of democracy. Generals Pinochet and Park oversaw the rapid economic development of Chile and South Korea, and Pakistan under the nominally elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif helped North Korea build nuclear weapons. Elections are desirable as long as they lead to good results over the long run. The Iraqi people, having no experience with democracy and accustomed to dictatorship, are in no condition to exercise the responsibility of popular sovereignty. Real democracy is less likely than...