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...military campaign whose stated goal was beyond reach: to end Hizballah's existence as a military threat. Instead, Israeli ground troops found themselves bogged down in deadly urban combat with Hizballah guerilla whose tenacity and tactics the Israelis were unprepared for. That, together with the barrage of rockets into northern Israel that continued until the cease-fire went into effect, allowed the Islamist group to claim it had won a "Divine Victory" against the Jewish state, to the applause of the citizenry of most of the Arab world...
...frankly incredulous Tony Blair last October. The British premier, who came to power a month before Ahern and will soon step down, unmourned by many who once supported him, was closeted with his Irish counterpart in Scotland, hammering out the final details of the St. Andrews Agreement on Northern Ireland, when Ahern's press secretary delivered the results of a new opinion poll. It had been taken in the wake of a scandal - the Irish media inevitably dubbed the affair Bertiegate - centered on loans Ahern accepted for personal use in 1993 and 1994 when he was Finance Minister. The Taoiseach...
...selection committee announced yesterday that the Harvard women’s water polo team would receive a bid to this weekends Eastern Championship in Princeton, NJ. After failing to finish in the top two at the Northern Division Championships last weekend the Crimson’s fate was left in the hands of the selection committee who had two at-large bids to hand out. The other at-large bid was given to Bucknell University. Harvard, who has qualified for the CWPA Eastern Championships each of the past two years under head coach Erik Farrar, will be the eighth seed...
...Harvard women’s water polo team competed in the Northern Division Championships this weekend with the hopes of locking down a ticket to next weekend’s Eastern Championships. To receive an automatic bid, the Crimson would have had to finish in the top two. The team’s third place finish, however, was not enough to guarantee a spot. Harvard will have its fate decided at noon today when the selection committee meets to hand out the two at-large bids. “I think we have a good shot,” head...
...wouldn't say a word," Wilson recalls. "He just looked at me with his mouth open slightly. His lips were trembling a little, so I thought he was just shy and nervous. So I asked, 'Are you from northern Virginia?' and he nodded his head a little. After I tried getting him to talk for a few minutes, I gave...