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Nevertheless, Wolfowitz is a terrible choice. His expertise is not in development economics and he has shown a general knack for perturbing other countries, a skill that can only hurt the World Bank’s mission. The only thing going for him is that he is a loyal Bush supporter, which, of course, is just the thing we need in an international...
...That knack for the goal has been a thorn in the Crimson’s side thus far this season in its two matchups with the Saints. Trevelyan scored twice in St. Lawrence’s 4-2 win in Potsdam on Nov. 26, then added two assists in Harvard’s 5-2 victory...
...testament to Talabani's knack for survival that he not only managed to elude Saddam's forces but also is now poised to assume the job of his former nemesis. A coalition of Kurdish political parties, which Talabani helped lead, came in a strong second in Iraq's national elections, winning 75 of the new Assembly's 275 seats. That gave the Kurds, who make up 17% of Iraq's population, enough clout to demand top jobs in the new government. While the victorious Shi'ites last week tapped Ibrahim al-Jaafari for Iraq's most powerful position of Prime...
...certainly has a knack [for scoring] and she has some pretty awesome lineups that are able to help her out too,” Dartmouth coach Mark Hudak said. “You can’t focus on any one person out there, but if you focus on any one person out there, Vaillancourt might it in the net, or Chu might put it the net. It’s a great line...
...divest its holdings in companies that do business in Israel as a protest against its treatment of Palestinians. He rattled some Asian Americans at Harvard when he used an inaccurate statistic on child prostitution to illustrate a point about South Korea's economic growth. "Larry seems to have a knack for putting things in a way that annoys his audience," says Richard Bradley, author of the forthcoming book Harvard Rules. "He's constitutionally incapable of being inoffensive...