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Allende was backed by Cuba and the Soviet Union, who sought to turn Chile into a despotic socialist state by providing him with money, man-power, and thousands of weapons. Fidel Castro toured Chile in early 1973, giving speeches in favor of Allende’s "revolution." Allende was accordingly condemned by the legislature, the judiciary, and three former presidents (including Eduardo Frei, a Marxist and former supporter of Allende) for his abuses. Finally, with many certain that a coup was inevitable given the hyperinflation (a paycheck from one week could not even afford bread in the next week), starvation...
...Critics had their own knives out when Hannibal Rising was published last week. They panned it with vigor and a near-unanimous weakness for cannibal puns. ("An indigestible back story!" "Toothless prequel!" "Hard to swallow!") Of the reviewers I've read, only Malcolm Jones over at Newsweek found some favor with the book, saying he preferred it to Silence, of which he "was never a huge fan," and ranking it second in the tetralogy to Red Dragon...
...general, it appears that the vast majority of league and team personnel are in favor of a postseason tournament. The sole exception might be the Penn officials—Quakers athletic director Steve Bilsky was quoted in last Friday’s New York Times as stating that the regular season is the fairest determinant of who gets to go to the dance. Penn, of course, has no reason to support a tournament, considering that their talent level is higher than the rest of the league’s, even Princeton’s. The Tigers, who have struggled...
...League envoy. There was a time not too long ago that such a deal could perhaps have been enough to assuage Hizballah's concerns that Siniora and his government are American puppets who are intent on disarming the Shi'ite militia and reshaping the Middle East in Israel's favor. But the standoff between the Hizballah-led opposition, and the government has lately become so raw, and so personal, that it is hard to imagine anything resembling unity returning to Lebanon anytime soon...
...space of 45 seconds, doubling LIU’s turnover total from the initial period. When Goffredo added a three-pointer to cap a 9-0 Harvard run and put the Crimson up 56-47, the momentum had clearly shifted fully in the Crimson’s favor...