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...freshman season, Moretzsohn was presented with a challenge she never faced during her successful high school career: for the first time, she was playing in a league where she didn’t tower over the competition.“In college, I didn’t have that height advantage, so I had to get better at defense, get faster, get quicker,” she admits. I had to do all the things I was coasting through in high school.”“I always think it’s more difficult for any basketball...
Representatives of the LRA are now touring Uganda begging for the forgiveness of the group's victims. As emotional as these sessions are, they are also politically calculated. At the height of the civil war, Uganda called in the International Criminal Court (ICC) for assistance in apprehending and arresting the rebels. The rebels now face penalties for war crimes and crimes against humanity. With peace talks now under way, however, the charges have become stumbling blocks toward an agreement. The Ugandan government cannot simply absolve their enemies of the charges; and the ICC will only consider dropping them if Uganda...
...arguably the greatest wideout in school history. The second thing I can recall is a conversation about whether or not I could kick an extra point. I was 14 and uncoordinated, but I thought I could do it. My dad thought I could manage the distance but not the height. It was pertinent because the Harvard kicker was awful that day, as the Crimson lost the game, 36-35. It also lost The Game and finished the season with a 5-5 record. Since then, Harvard has not won less than seven games in any year, and with six victories...
...stop cross-border raids into southeastern Turkey by the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which is listed by the U.S. as a terrorist organization. But what better moment to enlist U.S. help against the PKK than when Washington's fears of a damaging rift with Ankara are at their height...
...have enjoyed grooving to such tracks as “Panic” and “Treat Me Right” back in 1997 when I was rocking my latest polyester selection from the Rave. Fast-forward ten years, and I’m just left uncomfortable. New heights of awkward are reached in “Everything But Mine,” when the group starts spouting such innuendos as “I’m gonna leave the light on / And I won’t let you down.” I dare...