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...Central America. The sport is illegal in the United States, but there are no movements to outlaw cockfighting in Nicaragua. Considering that 22 of the 91 lawmakers in the last National Assembly were galleros, any motion to outlaw it here would probably be pecked to death on the floor of Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is that a Rooster in Your Mouth? | 2/16/2007 | See Source »

...phased withdrawal without a fixed timetable. Both he and Clinton voted against John Kerry's proposal to withdraw all troops by July 2007, for reasons that still sound good today. "What is needed is a blueprint for an expeditious yet responsible exit from Iraq," Obama said on the Senate floor last June. "A hard and fast, arbitrary deadline for withdrawal offers our commanders in the field ... insufficient flexibility to implement that strategy." Clinton remains opposed to timetables, but Obama decided to change his position and in January announced the March 2008 date. Aside from that, there isn't much practical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Build a Bonfire | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...both cinematically and spiritually. In a working class neighborhood of Madrid, Raimunda (Cruz) is completely dedicated her family, yet she is married to an unpleasant alcoholic. When Raimunda returns home from work one day to find her husband dead in a pool of blood on the kitchen floor, she learns that her daughter (Yohana Cobo) had stabbed him in an effort to prevent him from raping her. Immediately, Raimunda conceals the murder by cleaning the blood from the floor and hiding the body. Meanwhile, an element of the supernatural appears in the form of Irene (Carmen Maura...

Author: By Michelle L Cronin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Almodovar’s ‘Volver’ Worth Returning To | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...first game, the Crimson led by as many as 13 in the first half, but couldn’t get stops in the second half, as the Bulldogs scored 51 points in that frame and shot 58.3 percent from the floor on the game. Guard Caleb Holmes had a team-high 19 points, while Hughes was 8-of-10 from the floor, en route to 16 points...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Brings Challenging Contests At Yale, Brown | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

...matchup in January, Harvard held McAndrew relatively in check, as he had 16 points, but shot just 4-of-11 from the floor...

Author: By Ted Kirby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Weekend Brings Challenging Contests At Yale, Brown | 2/15/2007 | See Source »

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