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...Purcell and teammate Barton-Kettleborough each had a pair of tallies to keep the Crimson in the game. Peeler and Kennifer also added to the score, each netting one goal. Former Crimson magazine chair and co-captain Nicola Perlman had a valiant effort, attempting to put a halt to the Bears’ offense with nine saves. The efforts fell short, however, and Harvard dropped its second game of the day. HARTWICK 12, HARVARD 8The Crimson had a rough start on Saturday, facing the highest ranked team of the competition. Hartwick (28-11, 9-1) came out strong, scoring...
...adversaries, the "red shirts" whose pro-Thaksin antigovernment demonstrations brought Bangkok to a halt last weekend, have a long list of grievances: They are calling for the current government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to resign and for new elections. They are also demanding an end to what they see as interference in politics by the military, courts and the king's Privy Council, an amnesty for Thaksin, and his return as Prime Minister...
...door opening, slamming shut, the sound of high-heeled footsteps, and a shadow fell momentarily across his view of the cosmos. His girlfriend’s body settled on top of him, her head on his chest in spot twenty-eight, her feet clacking to a halt in stop twenty-nine. He suddenly felt very removed from the universe, from order, from rhythm, from anomaly. He no longer felt small. He stroked his girlfriend’s hair, lying in an empty parking lot, feeling human...
...There's been talk in the Pentagon of dispatching more warships to the region to beef up protective patrols. And President Barack Obama took a tough stance on Monday, saying, "I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region." But Gates made it clear that the real solution isn't on the high seas. Instead, it's back along the Somali coast in the impoverished villages and towns that the pirates call home. "As long as you've got this incredible number of poor people and the risks are relatively...
...rightful place" - served notice that he would not wait long to do so. So it didn't come as a surprise to Catholics when, on the morning of March 9, the President signed an Executive Order allowing research on embryonic stem cells to go forward after an eight-year halt. Obama's forceful explanation for his decision, however, took them aback...