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...gone about it in different ways, depending on the forces that were arrayed against them. Dwight Eisenhower, confronting a hostile Congress, made his mark with his veto pen. Ronald Reagan rid his White House of the aides whose incompetence and duplicity had produced Iran-contra, and engaged the Soviet foe he had once called an "evil empire." After Bill Clinton got past impeachment, he did what he could by Executive Order and picked his shots with Republicans on Capitol Hill--for instance, demanding more education spending in must-pass bills at the end of the year--boosting his popularity...
...loss, Clarkson continued its surprising start by upending Dartmouth in a tight 1-0 victory. With the win, the Golden Knights moved to 4-0-0, and are the only team to have won all its conference contests to date.AROUND THE LEAGUEIn another intriguing matchup involving an ECAC foe this weekend, No. 9 Princeton split its series with No. 10 Ohio State. The Tigers won 4-1 on Friday and then could not hold up in the defensive battle on Saturday, losing to the Buckeyes by a score of 2-1. Next week, Princeton will face the powerful Northern rivals...
...dustup with the Karabilah tribe, which had allied with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al Qaeda in Iraq group. So, the al-Mahal were kicked out of Huseybah and the jihadis moved in. Now, the al-Mahal are back helping their erstwhile enemies, the Marines, drive out their tribal foe-most of the fighters resisting Operation Steel Curtain are presumed to be from the Karabilah tribe. Ubaidi, about nine miles east of Huseybah, is considered a stronghold of foreigners...
...find salvation in a town like Hoboken, N.J. But on Saturday night, that is exactly where a long and grueling journey came to an end for the Harvard field hockey team. The Crimson (6-11, 2-5 Ivy) capped off its season the right way by defeating Ivy foe Columbia (8-9, 1-6 Ivy) by a 2-1 score at the Stevens Institute of Technology. For Harvard, the win was a first in several respects. By defeating the Lions, the Crimson snapped a ten-game losing streak, winning for the first time since a Sept. 21 victory against then...
...answer these questions by going back to the moon. But there is a goal out there worthy of our generation. It's earth-bound this time, but no less exhilarating. It is the defeat of humanity's oldest foe: disease...