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...Robbie got a little banged up in the quarters,” Weiss said. But Preston’s performance convinced Weiss he “has the chance to knock some guys off in Vegas...

Author: By Megha Parekh, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Warms Up In Tourney | 11/22/2004 | See Source »

...President's first term. The failure came in two parts. One was the treacherous belief in the limitless fungibility of military power - as if it were the one supercurrency that could buy everything else: political clout, hearts and minds, democracy. In Iraq, we have learned that the power to knock a man down doesn't teach him how to be a good democrat. The second was the tragic (or almost criminal) indifference to the deadliest problem in the affairs of nations: the gap between means and ends. Your Administration's ends were driven by cosmic ambitions: bring democracy to Iraq...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Open Letter to Condoleezza Rice | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

...employs the transitive property, the Harvard men’s basketball team will face the 2003-04 NCAA champions this weekend in South Bend, Ind. Though No. 21 Notre Dame didn’t cut the nets down in March, the Fighting Irish did knock off eventual champion UConn last February despite being decimated by several injuries...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Men's Basketball To Take On Irish in South Bend | 11/19/2004 | See Source »

...volunteers. At Bush campaign rallies throughout the year, anyone who came through security was asked to register. If they were already registered, they were asked to volunteer. Those who had already volunteered were scheduled to go on buses after the President left so that they could walk precincts and knock on doors. The chance to get close enough to shake the President's hand was not reserved for big donors, as in the past. The ones who got the lucky bracelet that allowed them into that proximity were the ones who promised to work in the phone bank after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Triumph: 2004 Election: In Victory's Glow | 11/15/2004 | See Source »

...Minnesotan was so frustrated by the unnecessarily steamy weather inside his Greenough suite that he has launched an effort to knock dorm temperatures down by 10 degrees, a move he says would save Harvard in energy costs...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Freshman Fights for Cooler Rooms | 11/10/2004 | See Source »

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