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...Bulldogs jumped out to a 3-0 lead on the game’s first drive with a 26-yard field goal from junior Alex Barnes. A fumble from Winters gave Yale the ball back with good field position, and the squad capitalized, making the score 10-0 on a three-yard run from senior Rodney Reynolds...
...which is exactly the number Reid has in his Democratic caucus. While several Democrats have yet to commit to voting with Reid on the motion to proceed, the majority leader is "reasonably confident" that they will be with him when the time comes, says spokesman Jim Manley. "The whole goal right now is simply to get on the bill, and then we'll start some old-fashioned legislating." More questionable is whether Reid can muster 60 votes several weeks from now, when he presses to end debate and move to final passage...
...weapon, and returning it in the form of harmless fuel rods - is the one that has caused Tehran to balk. Many Iranian leaders suspect the deal is part of a plan to deprive it of the right to enrich uranium on its own soil, which remains a stated goal of the U.S. and its Western allies...
...plenty peeved about the astounding screwing the Irish soccer team received this week during their World Cup qualifying match against France, when French "superstar" (and 2005 TIME European hero) Thierry Henry illegally used his left hand to corral a ball before passing it onto a teammate for the goal that sent France to the World Cup, and the underdog Irishmen home...
...Consider all the positive strides in British-Irish relations since 1986, the year Diego Maradona's similarly illegal "Hand of God" goal knocked England out of the World Cup quarterfinals and propelled Argentina to the championship. Do we now want the Brits bitter that the Irish got their do-over, and they didn't? In 1985, umpire Don Denkinger cost the St. Louis Cardinals a World Series by blowing an obvious call at first base in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6. How did the Cardinal faithful respond to their unholy, unjust loss to their intra-state opponent...