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With less than five minutes to play, Crimson sophomore midfielder Jason Luzak raceddown the left flank and threaded a pass betweentwo dazed Dartmouth defenders to Juan Betancourtat the left fringe of the penalty box. Facing onlynetminder Gregg Lemkau, Betancourt dribbled to thebox and passed right to a charging Alex Estevez.But the ball just outdistanced Estevez, carryingout of bounds. The Big Green held on to preserveits hard-earned victory...
...bright spots for the Crimson was strong play by the rookies on the left flank. Sarah Downing and Emily Buxton combined strongpassing and control in their numerous drivesupfield...
...results are spectacular. The structure, built on a slope, is dominated by a soaring Amazonian rain forest, lush with 300 species of plants. At its periphery, tree ferns and bromeliads flank a stream that leads to a mountainside flood-plain forest and an open vista of tropical savanna. There, plants from Africa, Australia and South America bask in a less humid atmosphere, where bees and hummingbirds help pollinate plants and a colony of termites aids in the decomposition of dying material...
...would try to minimize casualties by avoiding a direct lunge into Kuwait and thus a head-on clash with Iraqi armor in the narrow coastal strip. An American offensive would rely heavily on aerial bombing; ground troops would probably flank Iraqi forces by swinging 100 miles inland and stage night + attacks, for which they are much better trained and equipped. Admiral William Crowe, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has no doubt that the U.S. would defeat Iraq -- "but at a terrible price...
...most remarkable triumphs -- and abrupt setbacks. After 10 days of harsh attack, he put down the right- wing revolt with a display of personal authority so convincing that his victory might justly have been dubbed "Ligachev's last stand." It was then, from his left flank, that Yeltsin pounced. When the chairman of the Russian parliament announced he was pulling out of the party, he paved the way in effect for a potentially dangerous split in the 18 million-member body...