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...hockey was on the line in Durham, N.H., on Friday night in the most anticipated matchup of the season: between No. 1 Harvard and No. 2 New Hampshire. And just 6:16 into the game, the Crimson (11-1-0, 9-0-0 ECAC) began to lose its grip on the top spot. Wildcats forward Courtney Birchard capitalized just 17 seconds into a power play to give UNH (17-3-0, 9-0-0 Hockey East) an early 1-0 lead en route to a 4-1 victory. “They exploited some of our weaknesses...
...ropes in a sort of life-or-death trust fall. In testimonials printed on FOP’s promotional materials, this should have been the moment when I rose to the challenge, mastered my fear, and remained changed forever. In real life, I shouted a few profanities as my grip on the rope slipped and the team leader was forced to lug me across the river with...
...split from Ethiopia in 1993, are on the verge of war (they fought a bitter conflict from 1998 to 2000), and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer has said that she is considering naming Eritrea a state sponsor of terrorism. Somalia itself is in the grip of a humanitarian crisis; according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, 1.8 million Somalis are in dire need of assistance. And once again--if with less media attention than in 1993--the U.S. is involved in one of the world's deadliest regions. In many ways...
...party and his reputation as an autocrat put Rudd on track to be the most presidential PM Australia's seen. A keen interest in foreign affairs - sparked at age 14 when then-PM Gough Whitlam became the first Western leader to visit Beijing - suggests he'll keep a tight grip on that portfolio, too. Having copied most of his predecessor's policies, Rudd is likely to build on Howard's foreign policy as well, making changes of inflection rather than direction. "It's not going to turn on a dime," says Michael Fullilove, of Sydney's Lowy Institute for International...
Despite his role in hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union and bringing democracy to Russia, Gorbachev has emerged as a sometimes-ambivalent supporter of Putin’s largely successful effort in recent years to tighten his grip over Russian politics and assert his power on the global stage. The pro-Putin United Russia party is expected to win by a wide margin on Sunday, in large part because opposition parties have been prevented from participating in the election...