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After junior guard Brady Merchant missed two free throws and Prasse-Freeman missed the front end of a one-and-one, Crusaders’ junior forward Tim Szatko—the reigning Patriot League Player of the Year—hit a three to give Holy Cross back an eleven-point edge...
...PATRIOT GAMES Would you trade a Colin Powell for a Donald Rumsfeld, or a Dick Cheney for CIA director George Tenet? We're not talking about a Cabinet reshuffle here, but Topps' new 90-card Enduring Freedom set. The company describes the cards as a kid-friendly guide to the 9/11 attacks and the new war on terrorism. There are also plenty of cards showing F-16s, aircraft carriers and paratroopers. To get a card checklist and read about Topps' involovement in previous conflicts, go to topps.com/enduringfreedom.html
...winter. That "could provide the U.S. forces with a bridgehead or land corridor from Uzbekistan to ferry troops and supplies into Afghanistan, an advantage Pakistan cannot and has not offered because of domestic political constraints." The danger, of course, is de facto partition of Afghanistan, "a prospect no Afghan patriot contemplates with enthusiasm or equanimity. However, that may well be the bitter reality that will have to be swallowed, at least until there are signs, not visible so far, of some internal weakening of the Taliban and/or defections from the Pushtuns backing them...
...later when Chiang promised to work with the communists to battle Japan. The promise resulted in a decade of cooperation that positioned the communists to conquer the entire Chinese mainland in 1949. Zhang spent the next 55 years under house arrest, mostly in Taiwan, but his reputation as a patriot grew. As democracy arrived in Taiwan in the early 1990s, he was given increasing freedom and began to spend more time in the U.S. with his descendants...
While Harvard has opened the season impressively, Cornell stumbled out of the gate, losing its first three games. The Big Red has been hampered by inconsistent play. After a season-opening 40-13 rout at the hands of Yale, Cornell competed well against two Patriot League powers, Colgate and No. 9 Lehigh, losing two each by three points. In those games, the Big Red alternated between periods of brilliance and mediocrity, scoring or surrendering points in bunches...