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...simple majority. But the price of that restraint has been to give the Kurdish minority the means to blackmail the majority, which in turn sets the scene for an acrimonious aftermath. The Kurds want to resolve such contentious issues as Kirkuk while their power is at its peak; the Shiites insist it should be done on the basis of a consensus achieved in the new Assembly. And the electorate that put the Shiites in power - and their mentor, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani - are unlikely to accept the legitimacy of any such far-reaching agreements achieved on this basis. Sistani himself...
...work ethic off the ice...but also to the talent level that he has, where he can miss 15 games and come back and not look too rusty—come back at the end of the season, when the pace of the game is at its peak, and still fit in and be an integral part of our success...
Stone’s natural coaching instincts have directed Harvard back from the brink into peak form entering this weekend. When the team faced its most difficult stretch back in December, Stone knew just the right buttons to press to get it back into championship-caliber form in the 2005. The Crimson limped into winter vacation having dropped five of six against and stood at 7-6-1 overall with its post-season prospects dimming...
Every team tries to reach its peak by the end of the season and the playoffs when the games matter the most...
...course, because no one really knows; current estimates are that ten billion barrels of oil may be extractable. Thus, in a decade or two, drilling thirty coastal locations in ANWR could theoretically provide the U.S. with four percent of its current oil needs, at its peak capacity. Four percent is nothing to scoff at, but minimal energy conservation or fuel efficiency programs could accomplish similar goals, especially over decades...