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...Strictly speaking, the bullfighting prodigy known as "Michelito" isn't in France to slay any bovine foe. The series of exhibitions he's scheduled to appear in are bloodless becerrada - confrontations with calves, staged by local bullfighting schools. Young Lagravère's participation is intended to provide aspiring matadors a demonstration of technique and skill that falls short of provoking the calves with physical pain - much less a death blow with a sword...
...nation, stability - Hun Sen's mix of rural development, political jockeying, and his iron grip on all facets of the country's administration helped him soundly defeat his rivals. Regional geopolitics also helped. In the last week of the election campaign, the possibility of war with Cambodia's historic foe, Thailand, over disputed border territory, spurred a widespread feeling that Cambodia could only be safe in the hands of its long-time "strongman," as the leader refers to himself. The question for many now is whether Hun Sen, who now has the opportunity to rule alone since the country...
...plays. Van Basten has a red-hot Wesley Sneijder leading the attack, and the prospect of Arjen Robben and Robin van Persie coming off the bench has to frighten any opposing defenders. And Ruud van Nistelrooy at his goal poaching best. That may be too much for its next foe, Russia. The Russians were another one of the surprise packages of the first round, outlasting Greece 1-0 and subduing Sweden with two nearly perfect goals, the second a five-pass combination that Andrei Arshavin finished to give the throng of supporters shouting "Roos-y-a" the feeling that...
...correctly instead of pandering to the illusions of American special-interest groups. Hizballah is powerful because the U.S. cut and ran from Lebanon when it bombed our airport Marine barracks in the '80s. The U.S. must display respect for the leaders of all other countries and parties, friend or foe, and stop calling our enemies names to please the crowds. The U.S. is losing because, instead of playing to win, we are playing to the ill-informed media audience at home. David P. Vernon, TUCSON, ARIZ...
...with the attitude that we were going to start playing to a higher standard of hockey.”Harvard achieved a higher standard of hockey through the rest of the season, notching big wins over its ECAC opponents. The Crimson posted a 6-1 win over Ivy League foe Yale and recorded its biggest win in 15 years with a 11-0 annihilation of visiting Quinnipiac in the opening game of the ECAC playoffs. Unfortunately, Harvard would see its dream-like turnaround come to a screeching halt in the finals of the ECAC tournament as the Crimson?...