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Hundreds of Hizballah supporters cruised the streets of central Beirut last week, honking their car horns and waving the militant Shi'ite Muslim group's yellow flag. The demonstration had a festive air, but it may have signaled the start of [an error occurred while processing this directive] something ominous: massive street protests threatened by Hizballah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah to bring down Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's Western-backed government. The government is already in crisis. Six pro-Syrian ministers quit last week after Siniora refused Hizballah's demand for a new government alloting the group and its allies...
...Bush "has been doing a lot of waving." His hosts seemed to want to reciprocate. When CNN International began airing a taped package using footage from the Vietnam War to suggest similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, the local feed was obscured by an overlay of music and a Vietnamese flag. For at least a few days, a graying President could enjoy Vietnam instead of wrestling its ghost...
Today, reenacting the scene in the corner of Pforzheimer dining hall, no yellow flag flies...
Tanner froze. A flag for excessive celebration fell to earth, and the Crimson’s championship odds went in the same direction. Given 15 yards, momentum, and a fresh set of downs, a resuscitated Terrell would find Brendan Circle two plays later for a touchdown...
...that type of play, with so many emotions running through?” Tanner’s voice, already quiet, trails off. “As soon as I saw the flag come out, everything kind of dropped: my stomach dropped, my emotions faded. I thought that I had let my teammates down...