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...Saddam? In 1998 a committee of conservative foreign-policy analysts--many of them now in the Bush Administration--wrote to President Clinton proposing the recognition of an alternative government of Iraq and the establishment of safe havens from which local forces could attack Saddam. Richard Perle, the sharpest-taloned hawk in Washington, who co-authored the 1998 letter, insists that Saddam's power is overrated: "He is in my view highly vulnerable." Perle might be right; histories of the Gulf War conclude that the Iraqis were not much of a fighting force. But few if any allies would rally...
...breaks have been coming in the past two games for a Crimson team who has seen a reversal of fortune following a three-game skid. In Harvard’s Wednesday win over Hartford, the Crimson won 1-0 thanks to a Hawk defense that misinterpreted an offsides flag...
...Hartford’s best scoring chances midway through the second half, Gunther stopped an initial shot from Hawk forward Jeanette Akerlund—Hartford’s leading scorer—but the ball continued rolling towards the net and freshman Alisha Moran, who had packed the net, cleared it from the goal line. But the Hawks came right back and Gunther was forced to challenge another player for a loose ball in front...
...happened on at least three occasions, Gunther won the ball and collided violently with the Hawk player. While Gunther emerged nearly unscathed, the Hawk player started rolling on the ground in pain...
Despite some trying moments, the Crimson defense persevered. Harvard’s second wave of forwards—consisting of Moran, freshman Emily Colvin and sophomore Alisa Sato—played a larger role than usual yesterday as they kept the ball in the Hawk end in the game’s final 15 minutes more regularly than the starters...