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...didn’t seem so at the outset of the game, however, as the Big Green (9-3, 4-2) couldn’t even gain possession of the ball before Gotha found sophomore midfielder Jen Brooks on the right side of the goal. Brooks calmly slotted it into the net, giving Harvard the early lead...
...Powell has been plagued from the outset by the conflicting messages sent by his administration. Sharon chose to hear mostly the administration's message that it understood his actions in terms of Israel's need to defend itself. Emboldened by support from Bush administration hawks for his efforts to take Arafat out of the political equation - and by the mounting domestic political pressure on President Bush to ease up on the Israeli leader and refrain from pressing him to negotiate with his Palestinian counterpart - Sharon told the U.S. he'd withdraw on his own time, and on his own terms...
...Harvard, that means attacking the Tigers from the outset, possessing the ball and making smarter decisions to keep it away from the likes of Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week Theresa Sherry. The sophomore midfielder leads both Princeton and the Ivies in scoring with 28 goals and 37 points...
...that, the Crimson will test Princeton’s weak goaltender from the outset, assuming it can get by Princeton’s own member of the Ivy Honor Roll, junior defender Damien Davis...
...Cheney's effort was undermined from the outset by Washington's low credibility in the Arab world. One senior Arab diplomat called Washington's policy toward the Palestinians "confused," and dismissed the idea of attacking Iraq as "ridiculous" and "disastrous." Although Arab officials welcomed Zinni's mission as a first step, the reaction to Cheney's tour ranged from puzzlement to scorn. And there is considerable anger that the administration allowed the bloodshed between Israelis and Palestinians to reach unprecedented levels before intervening, despite many months of Arab allies pleading with Washington to do something...