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...Washington had hoped that the capture of Saddam Hussein would gut the insurgency that has inflicted a steady drip of fatalities on U.S. forces since the fall of Baghdad. But if December's comparatively light casualty figure - just seven troops killed in combat - had given cause for optimism, January proved to be the second-deadliest month of the occupation of U.S. soldiers, with some 36 killed in combat. And last weekend's bombings in Irbil that killed 56 Iraqis at the headquarters of the two main Kurdish parties working with the U.S. were a sharp reminder that Iraqi civilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Team Bush Contain the Iraq WMD Fallout? | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

Instead, all the Crimson (1-12, 0-1 Ivy) got was another gut-wrenching loss as it fell 56-54 to Dartmouth at Leede Arena...

Author: By Alan G. Ginsberg, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Men’s Basketball Opens Ivy Campaign With Narrow, 56-54 Loss At Dartmouth | 1/5/2004 | See Source »

Still, the Grimeses say they experience almost paralyzing fear every time a U.S. soldier dies in Iraq, then gut-wrenching guilt over their relief it wasn't Billie. They avoid the news whenever possible. Wanda's worst moment was seeing, on CNN, a still smoking armored ambulance that had been hit with a rocket-propelled grenade in Baghdad. The vehicle was just like the one Billie drives. "It was all I could do to hold it together and not become hysterical at work," says Wanda, a nurse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Role Model For Baby Brother | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

...gut-wrenching, painful streak continued...

Author: By Evan R. Johnson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: STAIRWAY TO EVAN: The Process Varies, But The Results Stay The Same | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

Last month, in the most gut-wrenching Harvard loss of the season, Princeton tallied four goals in the final frame, effectively silencing the Bright Hockey Center crowd. Though Harvard had taken a 2-0 lead into the second intermission and killed off a 5-on-3 advantage early in the third period, sophomore goalie John Daigneau’s collapse and a number of missed scoring opportunities doomed the team...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Hockey Hunts Big Game In New Jersey | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

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