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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...come back from any early deficity, Purde how to put away a match emphatically.“We’re definitely inspired this year,” junior co-captain Chris Clayton said.HARVARD 6, PURDUE 1Learning its lesson from having to dig out of an early ditch on Friday, Harvard opened its match against the Boilermakers determined not to let it come down to the final set.That almost didn’t happen, though, as the crucial doubles point hung in balance after the No. 2 pair of co-captain Dan Nguyen and freshman Aba Omodele-Lucien won their...

Author: By Jonathan B. Steinman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Starts Dual-Meet Season with Convincing Success | 2/4/2008 | See Source »

...Trenching your gushing entrails bright, Like onie ditch; And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bacchanal of Burns Night | 1/25/2008 | See Source »

...question of domestic eavesdropping. Last summer, it passed the Protect America Act (PAA), which was designed to modernize the 1978 law controlling electronic surveillance of Americans. After initially trying to block the bill, which expanded the government's ability to track suspect individuals, Democrats caved. But in a last-ditch effort to placate civil libertarians, the Democrats attached a six-month sunset on the old law. That six-month extension ends Feb. 1 and the pressure is on for a permanent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comity in Congress — for How Long? | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

...Most Geordies, though, remain anxious about the bank's future. In a last-ditch effort to avoid nationalization, the U.K. government on Monday hatched plans to convert into bonds the $50 billion Bank of England loan it used to prop up Northern Rock. That makes a private sale of the bank more likely: those interested in bidding before the February deadline - including a consortium led by Richard Branson's Virgin Group - will no longer need to front up for a big slice of that loan. The bank's battered shares climbed more than 40% on the news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Between a Northern Rock and a Hard Place | 1/21/2008 | See Source »

...This is one of four videos I have personally viewed in the last three weeks demonstrating the nature of the enemy we face," Hertling said. "In one of those videos, which we decided not to show today, after the terrorists shot the individual and left him in the ditch, they then beheaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toting Up Civilian Deaths in Iraq | 1/10/2008 | See Source »

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