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...behavior. They have never worked as well as they might in Iran; rhetoric has only served to raise tensions further. The experience of the Bush Administration shows that the combination of sanctions and rhetoric about regime change - remember the "Axis of Evil?" - helped strengthen the hands of Iran's hard-liners. It vindicated Tehran's paranoia and reduced options available to the U.S. If the Iranian regime thinks that the real aim of U.S. policy is to topple it, it is hardly likely to make the conciliatory policy changes - for example, on its nuclear program - that the U.S. seeks...
...Iran's opposing political factions fear that rivals would reap the political benefits of an end to the U.S.-Iran enmity. From the standpoint of those in the regime, the low-risk course is to respond to pressure by opting for confrontation and escalation. Iran's hard-liners are more comfortable and astute at handling an easily defined threat such as a combative Bush than they are an elusive and indefinable Obama. (See the top 10 Ahmadinejad-isms...
...attitude throughout the game was just to keep playing, keep putting shots on net, keep trying to get chances,” co-captain Kathryn Farni said. “I thought we played really hard, and we took a lot of great shots...
...were trying to step up our game when we’re on the power play,” co-captain Kathryn Farni said. “[To] capitalize on that chance definitely picks up your spirits a little bit. I thought we played really hard, and we took a lot of great shots. To be rewarded for that felt awesome...
Stone’s team played hard in the final period, outshooting the Big Red, 13-5, and controlling the puck for most of the frame. Harvard got one goal closer with seven minutes to play, as junior Leanna Coskren took a pass from co-captain Cori Bassett at the top of the zone and put a high shot into the back...