Word: kicking
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...been talking to reporters instead of preparing for his confirmation hearings next week to become Secretary of Defense, he would have found all this amusing, if not absurd. The man with the Kansas-flat voice and a weakness for hiking, hayrides and roller coasters would have got a kick out of saying that both sides are right--and that absolutely none of it matters...
...Early-'80s Lebanon ought to have served as a cautionary tale heading off the U.S.'s more recent adventure in Iraq. In 1982, the U.S. backed an Israeli plan to invade Lebanon and destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization, kick out Syrian troops and install a pro-Western, Israel-friendly government led by Lebanese Maronite Christian leader Bashir Gemayel. Israel drove out the PLO, only to start negotiating with Yasser Arafat after a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza trip a few years later. Suspected Syrian agents assassinated Bashir Gemayel days before his presidential inauguration. His supporters retaliated...
...Baker-Hamilton commission in Washington that's tasked with somehow extricating the U.S. from Iraq, makes me think Blair's remarkable self-belief, so often his most potent tool, is now clouding his judgment. The thrust of Blair's argument is that, to counter Islamic extremism, diplomacy needs a kick start. He wants a "whole Middle East strategy," grounded first of all in a robust drive by the U.S. to make peace between Israel and Palestine, but including enhanced dialogue with Syria and Iran as long as they behave better, and some changes in Iraqi arrangements too. That approach...
...fiscal year. Analysts for the Yankee Group estimate Sony spends $700 to $800 to make each PS3, creating a loss on every sale. The games division won't return to profitability until several million units have been sold, as component prices fall and revenues from higher-margin software kick in. Said Stringer: Sony will "have to generate some excitement and profits from elsewhere in the company...
...eight-yard score on a drive lasting all of one play.That came thanks to a botched, seven-yard punt by junior kicker Matt Schindel from the Harvard one-yard line, a gaff that gave the Bulldogs by far their shortest field of the afternoon. Schindel also pooched the opening kick of the second half out of bounds in a short-lived stint as kickoff specialist, a spot that was quickly retaken by freshman Patrick Long. “The field position was great,” Yale coach Jack Siedlecki said. “When you get a one-play...