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...contrary: the coalition authority and provisional Iraqi government did everything they could to allow and encourage Sunni participation. U.S. and Iraqi soldiers died to protect poll workers and voters in extremely dangerous places. Americans are being told that they must now reach out to Europe and bridge the transatlantic gap created by the Iraq war. If I thought that a major grovel might help get real European assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, I might favor a little false humility. But what exactly is the U.S. to apologize for, bringing the first free elections to Afghanistan? To the Palestinian territories...
...settled down...and I think that really enabled us to get into our [offensive] sets,” Penn guard Eric Osmundson said. “Tim did a great job of opening the gap...
Once that gap was opened, Harvard was unable to do much down the stretch to close it, and never crept closer than nine over the game’s final 15 minutes. As has become customary in the Harvard-Penn matchup, the Crimson was kept at bay by the quickness and versatility of the Quakers’ three-guard lineup, as all of Penn’s starting backcourt players reached double figures—Begley had a game high 21 points, while Ibrahim Jaaber added 12 and Osmundson racked up 10. The trio also combined for 18 rebounds, eight...
...time you have a game with this much emotion involved, I think you get everybody’s best performance,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “It really narrows the gap between X’s and O’s, between any kind of strategy. Even skill to a certain point is brought closer together because emotions are so high...
...Bush Administration argues that those costs would eventually be offset by savings in future decades, when people who invest in personal accounts begin to retire and get smaller Social Security payouts than they otherwise would receive. In the meantime, huge new borrowing would be needed to cover the gap left over by the transition. Paying back that debt would fall to the same future generations that Bush says he's trying to protect by revamping Social Security...