Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other conference action this weekend, fourth-place Princeton suffered two one-point losses to Bemidji State. On Friday night, the Tigers went down 3-2, surrendering three power play goals while capitalizing on only two of ten man-advantages of their...
...ECAC's top ranked team in the preseason coach's poll, Clarkson is still yet to post a victory in conference play. The Golden Knights currently occupy eleventh place in the ECAC standings, just one point ahead of last place Brown...
...destabilization of the already unsteady Caucasus. During the past few years of autonomy, Chechnya became home to several foreign Islamic fundamentalist warlords, who have taken advantage of the confusion and abundance of arms to use it as a base for spreading rebellion in neighboring provinces. Russians often point to the Chechen government's ties to organized crime, and warn that an independent Chechen state could quickly become a conduit for drugs and smuggled arms. There is little doubt that that a Chechnya that wins its independence--but is devastated in the attempt--will quickly turn into a black hole...
...Russians. More schoolmarm than Mata Hari in looks, she was snatched late Monday with "ink tablets for secret correspondence" and equipment for detecting surveillance, says Moscow. Administration and intelligence officials tell time they believe she was taken in retaliation for the U.S. visa clampdown. Other spy watchers point to the expulsion midyear of two Russian spies from the U.S. and Russian posturing ahead of parliamentary elections this month. Leberknight has until Dec. 11 to leave Russia. But compared with cold war days, when snatched spooks might be held in solitary or beaten, she is likely...
...moment: Computers crash, bags are lost and airplanes are late every day of the year. And there's no reason to think that New Year's Eve will be any different. Unless, of course, the rigorous preparations of the last year have smoothed our operating systems to the point that this winter, no home will go without heat, light or cable television. Now that would be worthy of a celebration...