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...very well-fought game between both teams,” Berry said. “We came out hard and never gave...

Author: By B. marjorie Gullick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Outlasts Northeastern, Sweeps Boston Teams | 12/10/2009 | See Source »

...most basic level, the decision to pursue a troop surge is wise and well thought out. In his speech, Obama emphasized that Afghanistan is not a new Vietnam. Unlike that war, the Afghan one is being fought by a 43-nation collation against not a popular insurgency, but one on the fringe of society. Also, on 9/11, the U.S. was attacked by terrorists harbored by those whom we fight in Afghanistan today. If the Afghan government were to fall once again to them, those attacks are proof enough that there would be direct negative repercussions on American national security...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Dither No Longer | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...Jason’s opponent was a very tough player, very talented, great racquet work, but Jason stuck to his game,” Hill said. “He basically refused to give up. He fought for every point, and he came up with that victory...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Takes Narrow Victory Over Big Red | 12/7/2009 | See Source »

...carbon financial windfall has yet to trickle down to the villagers in Toranagallu, many of whom say life has gotten worse, not better, since the steel mill first arrived. What they don't know is that, like it or not, the global battle against climate change is being fought in their backyard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Indian Village Sees the Downside of Carbon Trading | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...Tehran certainly has the tools to make trouble. The Quds Force, an élite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, was able to stir up sectarian tension in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein by helping arm and finance the Shi'ite militias that first fought against the U.S.-led coalition and then conducting a campaign of violence against Sunni Iraqis. The commander of the Quds Force, Brigadier General Qassem Suleimani, is also credited with reining in the Shi'ite militias in 2007 - a key factor in helping the U.S. surge strategy succeed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Iran Help or Hinder Obama in Afghanistan? | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

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