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...other side of the midline, Kelly was equally impressive for the Crimson. He tallied a goal and an assist, and was, as usual, the team's focal point...
...championship back in 1997. Since then, it had to rely on the smashmouth running of Chris Menick '00 to carry the load. Now, without a definite starting back (by the end of the game, Harvard was using its fourth stringer, sophomore Nick Palazzo), the wideouts must be the focal point of the offense...
...Tent Embassy in Sydney is a focal point for Aboriginal anti-government protests during the Olympic Games. The temperature between the country's native inhabitants and the white establishment has risen significantly in the past year due to the refusal by Australia's prime minister, John Howard, to apologize for past injustices, most notably the taking away of thousands of Aboriginal children (especially those of mixed parentage) from their parents and the placing of these children with white families or religious missions. It was a practice that continued until as recently as the 1970s...
...Johanssen wanted to do when he wrote his own DVD-playing software was find a way to watch movies on his computer. What his software has become is the latest focal point of a controversy that has exploded, in which technology, business and the First Amendment collide. When Emmanuel Goldstein, who runs a hacker magazine called 2600, posted Johanssen's software on a website, eight media companies (including Time Warner, parent company of TIME) sued Goldstein, who also goes by the name Eric Corley. Last Thursday a New York judge ruled in the companies' favor, raising questions about...
Oliver David Cruz, whose IQ has been variously measured at 83 and 63 - below 70 being the generally accepted threshold for mental retardation - has become a focal point for yet another emotional debate over Texas's execution practices. Cruz was convicted 12 years ago of the rape and stabbing murder of 24-year-old Kelly Donovan, an Air Force linguist in San Antonio. Cruz has confessed, and, his advocates argue, shows anguished remorse. His is not, however, the kind of remorse one might expect from an adult, Cruz's lawyers insist. Cruz's comprehension of his crime and the implications...