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...shut down Harvard’s offensive onslaught. Off of a long pass from Reese, Taylor took a fast slap shot at the Golden Knights net, but goaltender David Leggio halted the Crimson attack. Holding Harvard scoreless, Clarkson handed the Crimson its first shutout since a 2004 tie against Northern Michigan and its first shutout loss in 98 games. “We had numerous chances to score, but their goalie played well, and we weren’t able to [finish],” Du said. “We had a lot of chances, and a couple...
...Clearing this sort of hurdle has become an art form in Northern Ireland, but the efforts are complicated by a deadline. The British Government has given the parties until March 26th to strike a deal. If it doesn't happen, they say they will pull the plug on the newly elected Northern Ireland Assembly and start looking at other arrangements for governing the region. Paisley thinks they're bluffing, in part because the deadline is being dictated by Tony Blair's desire to see a decade of effort on Northern Ireland rewarded with a settlement before his impending retirement. British...
...much is normal about elections in Northern Ireland. When voters trooped to the polls on March 8, they did so without knowing if there would be a functioning government coming out the other side or even if their elected representatives would be in a job at the end of the month. Two-thirds of them turned out anyway. The outcome was fairly predictable, in that elderly Protestant preacher Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams, who turned IRA gunmen into formidable political operators, tightened their respective holds on the Protestant and Catholic vote. But what happens next is not nearly as easy...
...rigid power-sharing arrangements. That's encouraging since they're expected to run the region together in a matter of weeks. And they need to talk about the details. The DUP wants more assurances that Sinn Fein has left behind their associates in the IRA and will genuinely support Northern Ireland's police. "Sinn Fein are not entitled to be at the table until they declare themselves for democracy," said Paisley. "I'm a democrat." Adams wants to be sure his people are in a working administration before they play that final card...
...monitor the ceasefire that ended last summer's war between Israel and Hizballah, which is complicated by the fact that Hizballah still considers Israel to be occupying a small patch of Lebanese land, while Israel believes Hizballah wants to retain the capacity to rain rockets on towns in northern Israel...