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...offsides penalty that wiped out a significant loss of yardage after a botched Harvard reverse, a personal foul that negated a sack, and a 28-yard run by Crimson sophomore tight end Matt Fratto on a fake punt moved the Harvard offense into Husky territory...
Discounting the fake punt, the touchdown pass was the only successful offensive play for the Crimson on the drive. But Harvard was up 7-0, a lead that would stand up for the rest of the game...
...degrees] day, plus the observation deck wasn't open yet on the morning of Sept. 11). Still, people have latched onto it, even creating a backstory that the camera was found in the rubble. "To you and me, that fellow standing on the observation deck is clearly fake," says Barbara Mikkelson, an amateur folklorist who runs the suddenly inundated urban-legend website Snopes2.com "But a huge number of people thought it was real. And they were just horrified...Sometimes I'm tempted to say something like, 'Uh, for the morons in the room,' but my e-mail list snaps...
That good fortune arose when United Arab Emirates police detained Beghal as he transited the Dubai airport - using a fake passport - during a trip from Pakistan to France. A veteran of Afghan training camps, where he received direction from members of bin Laden?s inner circle, Beghal was sought by France as a suspected organizer of Muslim extremists in Europe - suspicions confirmed by Beghal himself. French authorities say police in Dubai apparently assign an Islamic spiritual adviser to captured terrorists to cite and discuss Koranic texts condemning murderous acts as a violation of Islam. Over time, the messages may break...
...share a festive chocolatey drink at a trendy café, Serendipity (which, incidentally, has already had its close-up in George Clooney’s One Fine Day); they stroll through Central Park, flocks of pigeons flapping out of their path; they ice-skate at night, snowflakes from a fake-snow-making-machine gently alighting upon their shoulders...