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...League in points, rebounds, assists, and steals, one of just five players nationally to do so in his conference. “I think that shows how talented or versatile this team is,” Lin said. “I just need to drive and pass it out, and we have so many shooters. [Freshman] Peter Boehm has been playing out of his mind recently. So it’s just trying to do what I can, nothing special.” In his fourth game in the starting lineup, Boehm continued to impress, scoring 14 points...
...quip goes that if you’re a conservative at 20 you have no heart, but if you’re a liberal at 40 you have no brain. This may be reductive, but there’s some truth in it yet. The sort of impulses that drive Barack Obama in policy-making are the same as those that drive young people to form such strongly left-leaning political positions. The impulse comes from a lack of experience and from a lack of faith in the experience of predecessors. The view presumes that virtually all of the political...
...close to his ball, Obama turned to the crowd and said, "Hey guys. That was pretty good right? That almost made up for my 20 yard drive." That drew applause and laughter and prompted one member of the crowd to shout, "Better than your bowling," in reference to Obama's 33 score during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania earlier this year. Obama replied, "That's right," and smiled and laughed before turning back to walk toward the green to size up his putt...
Still, Israel's next step remains unclear: its armored units, poised to drive into Gaza, have not yet been ordered to advance, and the Israeli offensive remains confined to air strikes. U.S. Defense officials have told TIME that the chances of a successful ground assault would have been higher if it had been launched earlier in the bombing campaign, not several days into it. But Israel is well aware that a ground assault is precisely what Hamas wants. There is little the militants can do against Israeli air power, but they believe they can bloody Israel's armored columns...
...says the new presidency will be a stark contrast to the French one, which boldly tackled big issues like the Russia-Georgia conflict, the economic crisis and the E.U.'s emissions-cutting policies. "We have just had a very active French presidency, and with Sarkozy, a showman in the driving seat," Martens says. "The Czech government will aim to drive the team forward, but Klaus won't take a low profile. He won't be able to resist temptation to be provocative and do symbolic things that annoy...