Word: finished
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...Kurds are walking theirs. They are not happy with Turkish incursions. But they are also well aware that shielding the PKK, and provoking Turkey, could risk the autonomy and relative peace Kurds now enjoy within Iraq. Like the Americans, Iraq's Kurdish leaders may simply hope that the Turks finish their raids as quickly - and with as little publicity - as possible...
...Nearly a dozen of his potential supporters remained, however. They circled around Thompson's state chairman, Rep. Steve King, the man who just might lift the struggling campaign to a halfway decent finish in the nation's first caucus state. A popular state conservative, King was holding court, as he often does, on the issue of illegal immigration, which he speaks of as a crisis on par with the war in Iraq...
...Thompson campaign is hoping that this hawkish immigration message will help earn its candidate a bronze medal on caucus night, January 3. With the two Republican front-runners, Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee, both polling over 25%, a respectable third-place finish is the most that Thompson can hope for. But even that won't be easy, since three Republican candidates are vying for the third spot in Iowa - Arizona Sen. John McCain, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Thompson, each with poll numbers that hover around 10%. Though fourth or fifth place is not necessarily a death knell...
...Turkish Kurds that had found refuge in the lawless mountain region. Operation Steel, as it was called, killed over 500 militants, but still the PKK survived to fight another day. In early 1997, the Turks sent in another 30,000 soldiers - this time as part of Operation Hammer - to finish the job. They didn't. The Turks had to go in again later that year with Operation Dawn...
...seven-point game with 1:02 to play, but the team would not get any closer. “The key for us down the stretch was getting defensive stops,” Harris said. “We would do a good job for 30 seconds, but not finish. They did a great job of attacking our zone.” The late run by the Pioneers highlighted the two key stats in the game: turnovers and free throw shooting. After a solid game Wednesday at Northeastern when the Crimson recorded 17 assists against just 12 turnovers, Harvard doubled...