Word: foe
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...G.O.P. was practically buoyant compared with the gloom that reigned when Obama roared out of Iowa. Having spent years planning for an epic rematch against the Clintons, their favorite archvillains, Republicans suddenly saw a new and looming foe rumbling the ground as he approached. Obama's lack of political baggage and abundance of star power made the all-too-human qualities of the Republican field more apparent...
...last time that Harvard saw 4-1 on the scoreboard, it was on the losing side and had just relinquished the No.1 ranking to New Hampshire. Friday night, the Crimson won by that same score over ECAC foe Cornell...
...Crimson couldn’t have asked for a better start to the new year and its Ivy League slate. Harvard played a near-perfect game in an 82-56 thrashing of league foe Dartmouth. The Crimson won both the turnover and rebounding battles and shot 51.8 percent from the field. It also benefited from an 83.3 shooting percentage from the charity stripe and 32 points from its bench. The victory in the team’s Ivy opener snapped a seven-game losing streak that dated back to Dec. 1. “My focus is allowing our team...
...said he is not seeking the prime ministership for himself. If the PPP wins the elections, that job will in all likelihood go to Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Bhutto's longtime deputy. Zardari and Fahim must now decide how to respond to a call by Nawaz Sharif - an old political foe of Bhutto who was Prime Minister on two separate occasions in the 1990s - for an anti-Musharraf coalition. An alliance between Sharif and the PPP would leave Musharraf vulnerable. He had a deal with Bhutto; he did not have one with Sharif, who was Prime Minister at the time...
...will not be fighting with the 30,000 reinforcements that contributed to the gains of 2007. It will also face an adversary with strong support in Shi'ite communities and elements of the Iraqi government. At that point it may be the U.S., rather than its foe, that will have to make a tough choice about whether it can or should continue to fight...