Word: onslaught
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...Iraq are deteriorating so rapidly that even the Baker commission is struggling to keep up, several well-placed national-security sources told TIME. October was the deadliest month yet for Iraqi civilians since the start of the war, and November seems destined to surpass it. A Thanksgiving Day onslaught by Sunni militants killed more than 200 Iraqis, wounded hundreds and spurred a round of Shi'ite reprisals. As the Iraqi capital erupted in another frenzy of sectarian violence, the U.S. lost eight service members in a span of six days, bringing its death toll to nearly...
...season ago, she netted 18 goals all year—a mark that, with her onslaught from this past weekend in mind, she may break before Christmas...
...reason Indian companies are suddenly going abroad is that they can. For years, government controls and restrictions?the infamous "license Raj"?shielded Indian businesses from foreign competition, isolating them and stifling innovation. But in the early 1990s, the government began to slowly open up the economy. Anticipating an eventual onslaught from outsiders, the country's more far-sighted industrialists decided to modernize their operations. As a result, the most efficient businesses were able to reap outsized profits as India's economic growth began to accelerate, explains Delphine Cavalier, a Paris-based economist at BNP Paribas, which has advised Indian companies...
...proof of citizenship at the voting booth. The harshest bill would deny welfare and other benefits even to the U.S.-born children of illegal aliens - rights supposedly given them under the 14th Amendment. Latino groups, who were only recently being wooed by Republican candidates, were left aghast at the onslaught, calling it "a hate campaign" against immigrants and "anti-human being" to boot...
...half would have been a lot more desperate for the Harvard offense and defense had it not been for the play of junior Adam Hahn in net in the first half. While he struggled at times clearing the ball, he allowed only one goal during the Bearcats’ onslaught.“I felt our game plan was working—we created enough opportunities to score goals in the first half. To Harvard’s credit, they rose to the occasion,” Marco said.—Staff writer Gabriel M. Velez can be reached...