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...lives. But now all know Prachanda, the nom de guerre by which Dahal is more often referred, as not only a man of flesh and blood, but of suits and expensive pens. As results filter in from Nepal's April 10 election - the country's first in nine years - Prachanda's Maoists are poised to win a clear majority in the 601-member Constituent Assembly, a body that will draft the constitution of a new Nepalese republic. The once incendiary, class warfare-waging rebel may be on the verge of becoming Nepal's first President...
...after Harvard loaded the bases in the next frame, back-to-back Husky errors on potential double-play balls allowed three runners to come home.But Northeastern chipped away at its deficit, pulling within one in the fourth on a two-run double by DiCesare that concluded a superb nine-pitch at-bat and chased Crimson starter Ben Sestanovich. Max Warren, who was Harvard’s most reliable pitcher in the early portion of the Ivy schedule but has struggled of late, got out of the fourth-inning jam but allowed the Huskies to take a 6-5 lead...
...last earned their first goal. Yet they were unable to keep up the pressure. The Bears sealed the deal in the final periods of the match, netting four goals in the third and three goals in the fourth. Though the Crimson added another goal late in the game, the nine-point deficit was simply too much to overcome. Harvard turned the ball over 14 times and threw away eight 6-on-5 opportunities. Four of these ejections were drawn by junior Devon MacLaughlin, who also scored one of the Crimson’s two goals. Harvard co-captain Vivian Liao...
...Greek mythology, comic books) that makes it particularly Harvard appropriate—is for me the most all-encompassing and the most irresistible. Any mythology that deifies bathrobes, Snapple iced tea, and Wallabees is a win in my book. Another part of the appeal is personal: nine men contributing to a unified whole, with each successfully doing his own solo thing on the side, is a lesson to us all. And, like all the best supergroups, from the Beatles to the Power Rangers, Wu-Tang as a whole includes characters representing the full spectrum of human experience. To rap nerds...
...when he was reached for comment on the decision. "I'm still excavating the opinions," he said by e-mail. It was quite a pile to wade through. "But I think it's as confusing as the road map required through Furman," Mello continued, referring to the 1972 case - nine separate opinions making up the longest text in Court history - that began America's frustrating attempt to create a consistent, rational death penalty. When it comes to the death penalty, confusion is the only constant...