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...competition. Peterzan and Cao teamed up and went 0-2 in Flight B. At the Columbia Classic, three freshmen—Camille Jania, Caroline Davis, and Samantha Gridley—competed in the Flight A singles draw. Davis and Gridley both lost in their first match, but Jania flew through the tournament and captured the singles title. “Camille is an energetic player,” Green said. “She was sick last week, but managed to turn things around and bring her ‘A’ game.” In the Flight...
...local media over how to counter the extremist threat, analysts have criticized government leaders for leaving Islamabad on Sunday. The President left for New York where he will attend the U.N. General Assembly, and will meet with President Bush on the sidelines. Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, meanwhile, flew to the eastern city of Lahore. "Political forces need to join hands at this moment," says Talat Masood, a retired general turned analyst. "There should have been a day or two of meeting with the political parties and religious parties to try and develop a consensus [on the issue of combating...
...Palin may be regretting her earlier command to Alaska voters to "hold her accountable." Troopergate has quickly devolved into a farce of empty witness chairs and very conventional partisan politics, including the recent involvement of a former New York federal prosecutor (no, not Rudy Giuliani) whom the McCain campaign flew to Alaska to tidy up the mess. His name is Ed O'Callaghan, and his main tactic seems to be to stall the investigation as much as possible. He said that Todd Palin submitted "objections" to the subpoena that needed to be answered before he would take the stand. Another...
...unfortunately, that's not too much of an exaggeration. On Tuesday, the Pakistan's military ordered its forces along the Afghan border to repulse all future American military incursions into Pakistan. The story has been subsequently downplayed, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mike Mullen, flew to Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, to try to ease tensions. But the fact remains that American forces have and are violating Pakistani sovereignty...
...series of three studies on celebrity worship, focusing specifically on how admiration from afar may affect the admirer's self-esteem. "It was seven or eight years ago during the Michael Jackson trial," she says, "and I was fascinated by the people who were obsessed with him, who flew to the trial and made banners. I thought, What would bring somebody to do something like that?" One possible reason, which Gabriel decided to explore, was the vicarious pleasure that regular people get from following the lives of famous people; for some fans, there is something uniquely satisfying about carrying...