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...newly picked interim government who don't like the idea of foreign troops staying on Afghan soil. They may have to get used to it. On Friday Franks said, "The possibility of increasing forces on the ground is certainly on the table...The mission has not started to ebb down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Last Round-Up: Into the Caves | 12/9/2001 | See Source »

...third game, the Crimson began to fall apart. Cornell’s Jennifer Borncamp recorded 12 kills, 10 digs and nine blocks to help build an early 14-4 lead. Harvard’s attempt at closing the gap seemed to ebb after sophomore Lauren Gallgher suffered an ankle injury. The Crimson never got within 10 points and ended up losing the game...

Author: By Renzo Weber, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Volleyball Ends Season on Low Note | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...getting through. Coming from Afghanistan is a dusty procession of trucks carrying Korean refrigerators, Japanese auto parts, Apple computers, toys, everything. Even golf clubs going God knows where. There are a lot of sand traps out here, but no fairways, that's for sure. I was witnessing the ebb and flow of global contraband, and nobody is better than smuggling than the Afghans. Their ravening entrepreneurial instincts are honed by centuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hey, Buddy — Wanna Buy A Cruise Missile? | 10/18/2001 | See Source »

...famous Hollywood stars, Jackson’s cutting-edge videos were no longer the events they had once been. Although Dangerous bought forth several No. 1 singles, the album failed to perform as well as its predecessors, leading many critics to predict that his career was on the ebb. His new appearance won him little sympathy, while the children of the 1980s had mostly grown up and moved on. Jackson was in fact a cliché whose time was coming to an end, aided and abetted by his strange habits—his pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, the private shrine...

Author: By Marcus L. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: He's Back? | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

...simultaneously broadcast on all four major television networks tonight from 9-11 pm, EST, not to mention on a slew of popular cable networks such as MTV, E! and Lifetime. Benevolent celebrities may be quick to apply their fame, but I can’t help but feel the ebb of exploitation waiting in the wings. While studio executives truly are concerned and rightly sickened by the idea of releasing any sort of thoughtless frivolity in the immediate future (they are human, aren’t they?), things will slowly revert back to “normal...

Author: By Michelle Kung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second Takes | 9/20/2001 | See Source »

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