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Unless the constitution committee asks for a six-month extension, these squabbling groups plan to submit a draft by month's end so that Parliament can vote on it by Aug. 15. Already some fear that the Sunnis may want to keep up their recalcitrance in order to force new elections. But Shi'ite and Kurdish members say they will vote the constitution out of the committee without the Sunnis if they must, and the U.S. is willing to back them up. If the Sunnis derail the process, says the U.S. official, "we'll know who to blame." --By Christopher...
Monday morning, the congratulations started pouring in as the news of Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05’s signing hit the internet. The former Harvard quarterback and seventh-round draft pick was peppered with phone calls and emails from friends who had seen reports that he had inked a three-year contract with the St. Louis Rams...
...pressure that Farkes was feeling before he put on the gray-and-red road uniform of the Spinners for the first time was built up in the days following June’s first-year player draft. Despite putting up excellent numbers for the Crimson this past year—leading the team with a .360 average, a .432 on base percentage and a .583 slugging percentage in 139 at-bats—Farkes was not selected in the draft, a surprise considering he was taken in the thirty-ninth round...
Questions about Farkes’s health—an arm injury limited his playing time and sapped some of his power this season—as well as doubts about the makeup of Harvard athletes, dropped his draft stock, and no team selected Farkes, whose 28 career home runs are the most in history for any Harvard player...
Following this year’s draft letdown, Farkes went to play in the Cape Cod League, where college prospects showcase their ability before major league scouts. Farkes, who said he had received interest from several major league teams but was unsure of where he might end up, only played for a week and a half on the Cape before the Sox called offering a contract...