Word: fight
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...Harvard Black Students Association kicked off Black History Month Friday with its fourth annual Crimson & Black Banquet in Kirkland House, honoring CNN political correspondent Soledad M. O’Brien ’88. Entitled “The Good Fight: Champions and Political Change,” the banquet celebrated student public service initiatives and political efforts surrounding the campaign and inauguration of president Barack Obama. “This time we were history. This time we changed history,” said George J. J. Hayward ’11, the BSA’s political action chair...
...tough Crimson comeback. Harvard (12-7, 4-1) trailed the Bulldogs in the first half, but mounted an aggressive second half attack to walk away with the win. Sophomore Jackie Alemany had a career game off the bench, spearheading the comeback. “It was a fight out there,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “Yale is really good at playing up the rivalry.” The game saw three Crimson players in double-digit scoring, including Alemany, who posted 13 points. Senior Emily Tay led the team with 19 points...
...tried to outrun the flames. Six died in a multi-car pileup as drivers tried to avoid falling trees and raging fires. One man died on a sports-field - perhaps believing that the short grass would halt the flames. Dozens left it too late to flee thinking they could fight the flames and then get away at the last minute. Many were found huddled together in the smoldering ruins that had been their homes...
...Naturally, this left the opposition with very few alternatives. The only plausible option was for the MDC to simply take the fight for democratic change to a new scene, to a new platform: an imperfect unity government. By agreeing to this compromise deal, Tsvangirai understood this. Mugabe is as much a part of the solution as he is the problem...
...encourages doctors to turn in illegal immigrants who they've treated. Put simply, bad times fuel xenophobia. "History is full of cases of scapegoating triggered by economic crisis," says Francesco Billari, a professor of demography at Milan's Bocconi University. "Immigrants make an easy scapegoat: if you can't fight China, you can fight the Chinese at home...