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...term was coined by a covey of professors at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government--Joseph S. Nye Jr., Graham T. Allison and Albert Carnesale. In their book Hawks, Doves, and Owls: An Agenda for Avoiding Nuclear War, they urge a series of steps to minimize the risk of a catastrophic accident. Among them: upgrading the hotline by creating crisis-control centers, establishing sanctions against nuclear proliferation, replacing short-range nuclear weapons in Europe with conventional warheads, holding regular meetings between U.S. and Soviet military leaders, and adding safety devices to prevent the inadvertent launching of submarine-based...
...following two-point conversion, Fitzpatrick kept the ball and dove into the end zone. All of a sudden, the Bears’ lead was down to three...
During her four years at Lavietes Pavilion, Murphy went from unrecognized to indispensable. Game after game, she dove for loose balls, took charges under the basket against bigger interior post players, and made the extra pass for two points on the offensive...
...defensive effort was punctuated by senior Lauren Stefanchik’s running, over-the-shoulder catch in centerfield in the second inning. Co-captain Kerry Flaherty, playing second base instead of her usual outfield position, dove to stop a ball from getting out of the infield and still on the ground, threw the ball to first base to end the top of the third inning. Kerper also made a great defensive play, running to catch a ball hit into deep right field...
...With no sightings of any dove landings in St. Peter's today, we were left pondering Cardinal Ratzinger's speech from the morning mass, the last sign to the outside world of the 115 electors communicating amongst themselves. Assigned the honor as the dean of the College of Cardinals, Ratzinger gave another homily, like the one delivered at John Paul's funeral last Friday, that was eloquent and direct. Today we saw a side of Ratzinger that was very different from the unifying figure who so gracefully and humbly eulogized the Pope. The message inside St. Peter's was clear...