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Stanford's relentless attack finally caught Harvard's defense off-guard as Cardinal senior Luke Rust scored off a cross from sophomore Roger Levesque in the 72nd minute...
...Israel's parliament, and with Orthodox sentiment set firmly against him, the beleaguered PM has apparently decided things can't get much worse. So on Sunday, Barak informed supporters of his plans to push "civil reforms" through the legislature, a move that caught many of his closest confidants off-guard. The proposed changes - which would effectively secularize the country by eliminating many of the privileges currently enjoyed by religious establishments and the ultra-Orthodox, as well as enhance the stature of women and non-Jews living in Israel - have led many to wonder just what Barak...
Maybe the FDO deems this search a success because they feel they finally were able to catch the students off-guard and therefore really get to the heart of the fire hazard problem by removing as many items as possible...
Indignant response to the census form (even the short version) caught many census officials off-guard; questions long viewed as routine are now attacked from every angle. For example, some black community activists argue that black respondents should check only the "black" bubble under race, ignoring the myriad choices and combinations available on the form. This is the only way, they argue, to ensure adequate federal subsidies to communities primarily populated by black residents. Checking off more than one race, some argue, threatens to dilute funding to any community. This creates a conundrum for a respondent who is, say, black...
...worth her salary after all. After months of trailing rival George W. Bush, Al Gore has emerged as the candidate of choice among women voters, taking a lead of up to 10 percentage points in several polls. Bush's early popularity with women caught many pundits - and Gore himself - off-guard. Plenty of Democrats presumed that Gore could ride the coattails of President Clinton's persistent and, some would say, perplexing favor with the female electorate. Those who smugly waited for Clinton to simply hand off women voters to Gore were in for a nasty surprise...