Word: keening
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...seasons, his opponents have continued to wonder where this current All-American hides that funny side in his strapping 285-lb. frame during a match.Ogunwole’s display of strength, versatility, and technique earned him first place in the 285-lb. weightclass at the 25th Annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas on Saturday, a victory that was even more satisfying given that Ogunwole lost to the same opponent last year in the tournament.But even as he sought revenge, Ogunwole did not let last year’s frustrations cloud his sportsmanship.“The fact that...
...politicians such as radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and President Bush's recent visitor, Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim, are also keen to see the Americans back off. With U.S. forces no longer in charge, there will be no restraining the Shi'ite militias - including those controlled by al-Sadr and al-Hakim - from bullying and butchering the Sunni minority. In Washington, al-Hakim was careful to emphasize he doesn't want Americans to leave. But Shi'ite leaders want the U.S. to focus on defeating the Sunni insurgency, not on the Shi'ite militias...
...goldmine and have been lobbying New Delhi to open up the domestic market for years. True, there will always be people who want to study overseas no matter what, people like Anupriya Diwan, 22, who earned an undergraduate degree in interior design at an Indian college and is now keen to study design in the U.S. "The point is exposure," says Diwan, who was at the exhibition last week to compare European colleges to her U.S. choices. "Friends who have come back have different thought processes now. I want to broaden my vision and the best way to do that...
Captain Bode Ogunwole, fresh off his 3-2 sudden victory over No. 4 Spencer Nadolsky in the NWCA All-Star Classic on Monday in Dallas, led Harvard with a first-place finish at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday night. Unranked freshman J. P. O’Connor also advanced to the finals, marking the first time in its history that the Crimson had two wrestlers competing in first-place bouts. Harvard finished in seventh place overall with 70 points, while No. 2 Missouri won the meet with 157 points. “I’m better...
...attention will be focused on the Christian-Muslim religious divide. But the pontiff is also crossing a political fault line: The gulf between Europe and the Near East has been much in the news lately because of Turkey's troubled attempts to join the European Union. Ankara is keen to become a full member, but Europeans are having second thoughts. Skeptics, including the Pope himself, are openly questioning whether a mostly Muslim nation of 70 million can ever really be part of Europe...