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...world of international diplomacy, but he has already scored an impressive victory by co-opting Iran into joining the U.S.-led efforts to rebuild Afghanistan. At an international, one-day conference on Afghanistan at the Hague, Tuesday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh offered to help fight the Taliban, saying that, "Iran is fully prepared to participate in the projects aimed at combating drug trafficking and plans in line with developing and reconstructing Afghanistan...
...trash-talk the firm in the press. "It's not love, it's not a gift - it's a business transaction," says Alan Sklover, an employment attorney and the author of Fired, Downsized, or Laid Off: What Your Employer Doesn't Want You to Know About How to Fight Back. If you agree to go beyond basic stipulations - perhaps you'd be willing to train the people who are going to take over your responsibilities - you could get a better package. As you prepare (a process that should take hours, if not days, says Ury), think not just about what...
...team. ” HARVARD 17, CAL STATE MONTEREY BAY 10In its last day of play before returning back to Boston, the Crimson attacked right from the start, grabbing a quick 3-1 lead over the Otters (7-23) Friday afternoon in Seaside, Calif. As Cal State continued to fight back, tying the game at five, the Harvard team, especially its freshmen, refused to relinquish the lead. With three tallies from freshman Shannon Purcell, and one goal apiece from freshmen Lizzie Abbott and Monica Zdrojewski and junior Roxanne Pinto, Harvard made a splash going into the second half. The main...
...their own in a competitive singles period. No. 1 Chijoff-Evans won a hard-fought, three-set thriller (6-3, 2-6, 6-4) to record the third and final Crimson point.SAN DIEGO STATE 6, HARVARD 1Coming up against the No. 37 Aztecs on Wednesday, the Crimson expected a fight for every point if it wanted to overcome its toughest opponent of the tour. For a young Harvard lineup faced with unfamiliar playing conditions, it proved a test too far.“It’s a slightly different style, because [San Diego State doesn’t] play...
...fight the downturn and counter the previous failure, WPS has promised to learn from the mistakes that its predecessor, the WUSA, committed earlier this decade. Riding a euphoria that followed the U.S. victory in the 1999 World Cup (Brandi Chastain, shirt off), the WUSA's spending habits fit those overreaching times. "The churn rate in women's soccer 1.0 was dot.com-like," says Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon. The league, which folded in 2003, budgeted $40 million to finance its first five years of operation. It consumed $100 million...