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...over in three or four weeks. Two weeks later, the Soviets began an invasion that was to last nearly a decade and chill U.S.-Soviet relations for years. By the law of unintended consequences, the U.S. decision to back an anti-Soviet guerrilla force of mujahedin was to rebound disastrously with the rise of Islamic terrorism, when Osama bin Laden eventually found in the shattered Afghanistan a vital haven. --By Johanna McGeary
...preferring to believe his own misguided assessment. When, as the Allies ripped through Iraq, a general finally told Saddam that his army was being destroyed, he replied coldly, "That is your opinion." But he proved right in one crucial calculation: if he could ride out the storm, he could rebound...
...killer came three minutes into the third period, when Harvard let Frantisek Skladany skate a full circle around its own net unimpeded. Grumet-Morris saved the first wide-open shot, but the still-uncovered Skladany grabbed his own rebound and gave the Terriers an insurmountable 6-3 lead...
...Green almost scared Harvard straight into the consolation round. ECAC Rookie of the Year Hugh Jessiman cut the Crimson lead to 4-2 with 6:34 left in the game, coming from behind the net to tuck in the rebound of a Lee Stempniak shot...
Harvard struck first with barely a minute left in the opening period. Breaking out of the neutral zone, Crimson captain Jennifer Botterill approached goal from the right side and fired a shot from just past the blue line. The rebound went off a defender’s skate directly to freshman winger Julie Chu, who backhanded it in for the score...