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...Kitzinger took up a post nearer Harvard Yard as the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor...
...expected that as the prospect of war draws nearer, Saddam Hussein will attempt to avoid an invasion through unexpected initiatives designed to impress the Security Council. He could, for example, offer new concessions or even revelations, and seek to blame his subordinates for any deception of the inspectors. But the patience of the U.S. - and of the inspectors themselves - has worn thin. Absent a dramatic and genuine turnabout by Iraq in the next week, the inspectors will report that Iraq has failed to meet its obligations under Resolution 1441. And while France and Russia insist that Powell's evidence...
...sympathizers in Europe, London remains the clandestine center for its logistical, financial, transport and strategic activity. With the latest arrests and the ongoing search for a still-unknown quantity of ricin somewhere in London, fears have increased that the long-dreaded terror attack on the city may be drawing nearer. And experts agree that large numbers of casualties are not needed to meet the terrorists' twisted goals. The spiraling fear factor can wreak havoc as well...
...sniper settled into a grisly staccato of killing, he returned to gas stations and targeted less populated areas, nearer major highways: he killed his ninth victim Wednesday evening while the man was pumping gas at a Sunoco station in Prince William County, Va. And he killed his 10th the next morning, with a state trooper parked just across the way, this time in Fredericksburg, Va., about 50 miles southwest of Washington. Police blocked off I95, stopping all northbound white vans in response to a witness report. Geraldo Rivera, stuck in traffic, began broadcasting live on Fox News from his cell...
...Harvard sophomore Jeen-Joo Kang was one of the few competitors to nail her approach shot in the tiny landing space beyond the depression that divides the green in two. The placement was moved to the front of the green for yesterday’s round, about 20 yards nearer...