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...season against its Southern Division rival. Since the Colonials defeated Harvard at the Eastern Championships two years ago, the squad had anticipated its chance for retribution—and capitalized on Saturday morning.After only eight minutes, the Crimson forged a 4-2 lead that it would never relinquish, relying on strong play from Popp in net. The sophomore logged eight saves and enjoyed for than enough offense from an energized Harvard squad.“The reason the [GW] game went well is that we were playing very team-oriented offense and defense,” Atkinson said...
Hershey could also form a partnership with Cadbury, although this would require Hershey's Trust to relinquish control of the company - which Growe thinks is unlikely...
...Arroyo, has taken advantage of electoral loopholes to elongate her tenure. Far worse are the Robert Mugabes of the world, once genuine heroes who long outlived their welcomes. Aquino's rare gift was to realize that People Power was only half the battle. Equally important was knowing when to relinquish that power bestowed by the people...
...most concrete policy proposal Abdullah offers is a promise to move to a parliamentary system. And while the idea does have some merit in a country that would benefit from more decentralized rule, it raises the question of whether a sitting President would actually be willing to relinquish power. In an interview with TIME on the sidelines of the Panshir rally, Abdullah dismissed such skepticism: "Everybody else wants to bring more power to the presidency. What I am saying is that unless the people rule, this country cannot be ruled." More popular still, Abdullah has promised to establish direct elections...
...Powerful Men For every Itay Zar (there are at least 100 hilltop settlements like his in the West Bank), there are thousands of Sharon Katzes in communities with plumbing and Little League. These suburban settlers make up the established West Bank colonies that Israel does not want to relinquish - in fact, would like to expand. So far, Netanyahu has not directly challenged Obama on the settlements, other than to say he won't stop "natural growth" (that is, houses for expanding families). Since the Israeli army is always skirmishing with radicals like Zar, giving up the occasional outpost is politically...