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...charge of special Iranian-trained cells that plant the powerful roadside bombs known as EFPs, explosively formed penetrators, to kill American GIs in this volatile area south of Baghdad. The capture threw the local Jaish al Mahdi into a crisis, leading two top-tier leaders to knock on the gates of the nearby American base two days later asking for an audience with the American commander there. It was the first time the leadership of the JAM, as it's commonly known, had made such a bold overture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cutting a Deal with Mahdi Militants | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...leap and sailed just under the crossbar. In the 85th minute, Matheson had a chance to make the last few minutes interesting when she was taken down inside the box.But Mann snatched her ensuing line-drive penalty kick attempt to preserve Harvard’s two-goal cushion and knock the Ivy leaders out of first place.Mann’s save in a tight spot and her performance on the day earned glowing praise from her coach. “It’s just a guess, but she’s a world-class player...

Author: By Emily W. Cunningham, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: First-Half Scoring Buries First-Place Princeton | 10/21/2007 | See Source »

...Woods Design, president Bryon Bell admits the pressure is on. "Tiger does have to deliver a great product, and that's the reason we've focused so hard to find a great site and a great partner to give us the best opportunity to deliver a design that will knock it out of the park...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger's New Lair | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...problem, however, continues to be a lack of consensus about Plan B. Focus on the Family's James Dobson did his best to knock off Fred Thompson as the least bad alternative to Rudy, in an e-mail to supporters that cited Thompson's lackluster rhetorical skills and questionable ideological commitment. But the real gauntlet DeMoss was throwing down was against the purists who favor an evangelical true believer like Sam Brownback or Huckabee or a Third Party Candidate To Be Named Later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Evangelicals May Turn to Romney | 10/11/2007 | See Source »

...They both sailed really well at times, but they had one too many things go against them, and it’s really difficult in the qualifier,” Kovacs said. “All it takes is one bad race to knock...

Author: By Malcom A. Glenn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kovacs Cruises in Singlehanded Regatta | 10/9/2007 | See Source »

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