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...Mike Baria (165 lbs.), en route to building an insurmountable lead. Later, freshman Louis Caputo (184 lbs.) garnered a 9-5 decision against Brian LaMay with three takedowns. In less favorable matches for the Crimson, sophomore Billy Colgan (197 lbs.) lost in a decision to nationally-ranked Matt Cassidy. Nevertheless, no. 8 Ogunwole gave Harvard its third and final win against Lehigh in a 7-5 decision in the heavyweight class. In the evening match against the Black Knights (7-3-2, 5-0 EIWA), Meltzer and Ogunwole once again led the way for the Crimson...
...shrewd way to send a message to Canadians, many of whom assumed a Harper government would move in lockstep with Washington. Nevertheless, the young Conservative leader's victory may indeed have "put a smile" on U.S. President George W. Bush's face--as Liberals jeered during the campaign--if only because Americans have been puzzled and piqued by the Chretien and Martin governments' anti-American rhetoric over the past four years. Even so, Bush was reportedly miffed at Harper for failing to throw his party's support behind the U.S.'s continental ballistic-missile-defense scheme (which the Liberals rejected...
...been detained in connection with the Dongzhou killings. A month after the shootings, police continue to arrest villagers and block outsiders from entering Dongzhou to investigate whether the official body count of three is too low, as villagers claim. Power-plant construction, residents have been informed, will proceed. Nevertheless, some locals hold out hope that Beijing, which earlier this month targeted rural graft as one of its biggest priorities for 2006, will clean up the mess. "If only the central government knew the truth, they would help us," says Lin's brother. "Because if they don't help, then there...
...typewriters have as great a chance of writing the next great American novel as we do of making the next Michelangelo. Certainly, much of our world is determined, molded by forces completely beyond our control. Our chances of affecting meaningful change may be extremely slim or nonexistent altogether. Nevertheless, we forfeit any such opportunities if we abandon our hope in their existence. I often think back to the MLKs of our history—mere mortals who lived in eras of similar, implicit hopelessness—and wonder what our world would look like today if they had given...
...Christian who believes in the miraculous birth of Jesus, I have deep respect and affection for Joseph and Mary. Their lives were sacrificial and worthy of their great calling. Nevertheless, by focusing on speculations and possibilities about those two worthies, people lose sight of the fact that there is only one King of Kings, and that is Jesus Christ. I believe Joseph and Mary would be the first to cry, "Enough! Worship Jesus." Fran Wheeler Knoxville, Tennessee...