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...that lead didn’t last any longer than the others had: Princeton forward Grant Goeckner-Zoeller skated through the crease and pushed the equalizer past Daigneau less than two minutes later, at 11:20. Harvard pressured Tiger goalie Eric Leroux as the final minute waned, and with precious few ticks left on the clock, the puck kicked off Jimmy Fraser and out towards Du. Leroux threw his stick—punishable by a penalty shot—but the officials made no signal as regulation time expired. Daigneau skated to his own blue line, arms outstretched in disbelief...
...Jungen's most crucial moment of inspiration for the Proto- types came during a trip to New York City in the late '90s, when he wandered into Manhattan's enormous Niketown store, where athletic shoes are displayed in glass cases like precious objects. "I came there straight from the Metropolitan Museum," he says. "I was fascinated that the Nikes were on display in this museum-like environment." From there, it was just a short step to making Nike-like things for a real museum. As opposed to a lot of art that plays seriously with ideas, Jungen's masks, some...
...falling apart—who is to blame? The responsibility for Hamas’s electoral victory lies across the board. Fatah’s decades of corruption and incompetence, and Israel’s fixation on improvising unilateral plans of action to resolve a persisting crisis, has diverted precious resources that could have helped thwart the fledgling Islamists. Nevertheless, this is not the time to blame different sides for the imprudence of their policies or the shortcomings of their performance. There is a new reality on the ground in Palestine, but it is neither unprecedented nor reason to panic.This...
...others, by damping down the prospect of global war and by leading the struggle against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Its money, the mighty greenback, is the closest thing to a global currency we are ever likely to see, and the voracious appetite of American consumers has injected precious demand into the world economy at times - as, for example, after the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s - when it was much needed. Crucially, the U.S. sometimes acts to protect others - by deploying its massive military power - even when its own security is not directly threatened by turmoil overseas. This...
...said King. "How are you, Ben?" Branch waved. King recalled his signature number from Chicago. "Ben, make sure you play Precious Lord, Take My Hand in the meeting tonight," he called down. "Play it real pretty...