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...disaster in Ramallah--and Israel's tough response--was what elevated the crisis to calamity. The problem started when Vadim Norzich, 35, and Yossi Avrahami, 38, made a wrong turn as they drove to their army base in the West Bank after being called up for duty like hundreds of other Israeli reservists last week. Ironically, they were both drivers in the army. In the city of Ramallah, they happened upon a funeral procession for a 17-year-old boy shot the day before by Israeli troops. Identifying the two as Israelis--the giveaway was the yellow license plate...
...Cacak drove their excavator straight up to the front of the parliament and swarmed up the stairs wielding sticks, metal bars, a reaping saw, even a coat hanger in the fist of one elderly man. If they expected a fight, the other side was too half-hearted to give them one. By 2:30, reluctant policemen threw down their riot gear, went over to the demonstrators' side and ceded the building to the people. The mob caved in the bolted doors and set offices ablaze, turning Belgrade into a smoky spectacle...
...Will Clark. The man has been amazing since coming over from Baltimore to man first base in McGwire's absence. He said he can focus now that he's on a team that takes the game seriously. He batted .345, hit 12 homeruns and drove in 42 in 51 games in Cardinal red. Talk about focus...
...with just under three minutes to play. Co-captain Brooke McCarthy sent a long serve downfield within 10 feet of three Cornell defenders. Surprisingly, none of them claimed it. Westfall, however, never gave up on the play, and swooped in on the ball 20 yards from the goal. She drove the ball forward and found the inside of the left post to extend Harvard's lead...
Cornell broke the shutout in the last minute, when freshman forward Alicia Dolittle drove the ball within 18 yards of Harvard's goal. She sent a shot just past the outstretched arms of sophomore keeper Cheryl Gunther and into the right side...