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Murphy is well aware of this contest’s potential to be a trap game, and is making sure that his team is not taking the Big Green lightly...
Crimson and the Big Green. No, it’s not Christmas, but this Sunday’s game against Dartmouth might give the men’s soccer team what’s at the top of its list: an Ivy League title. Hoping to claim sole possession of first place in a neck-and-neck race with Penn, Brown and Dartmouth, this matchup is a must-win for Harvard (11-4-0, 4-1-0) if it wants to keep its edge. Currently tied at the top with Penn, the Crimson’s hopes for a title...
...Later that day, I tried to go to the Green Zone to get my press credentials, but got stuck in a traffic jam caused by the U.S. snatch of Sheik Mazin al-Saedi - a top aide to radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr detained on suspicion of involvement in sectarian killings by Shi'ite militia. Sitting in traffic in downtown Baghdad is far more nerve-wracking than rolling down even the most dangerous road in the area. You wonder if there are any car bombs amid the traffic around you as you eye the gridlock. You wonder...
...Eventually we started rolling again, but never made it to the Green Zone. The bridge was closed after the arrest of al-Saedi, who was only later released at the urging of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. When I finally made it to the Green Zone the following morning, I saw the otherworldly experience of those who live and work in a section of the city hermetically sealed off from the chaos outside. The air-conditioned offices of the press center were cool, efficient and orderly, making the noise, heat and acrid stench of car exhaust throughout Baghdad seem...
...Returning to the Green Zone on Thursday, this time entering through checkpoints along the 14th of July Bridge, I found the sergeant in charge of the crossing in no laughing mood as he stood, tense, in the blazing heat wearing full body armor, overseeing the movement of people across a bridge that has drawn sniper fire in recent weeks. He checked my badge and my passport and asked to see another form of identification. I gave him my Washington, D.C., drivers license, which he said he needed to keep at the checkpoint while I was inside. I was assured, however...