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...withheld, the opposition is clearly feeling the wind at its back: After several weeks of bloody suppression at the hands of security forces and militias associated with the ruling party, the MDC announced Monday that it had overcome a split in its ranks that had resulted in rival slates of candidates, thus adding strength to its parliamentary gains...
...have an honourable exit," taunted opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai at a press conference announcing his reconciliation with opposition rival Arthur Mutambara, urging Mugabe to end his 28-year rule. Bold words for a man who has been beaten and jailed for his opposition to Mugabe, although they were spoken not in Zimbabwe, but in the South African city of Johannesburg, where the opposition leader has been courting support for demands that the election results be immediately released. Tsvangirai may, in fact, be on the verge of making a triumphant return home. On Tuesday, electoral officials are at last expected...
...you’re denying yourself access to what may be one of the greatest means of getting to know great characters. Long-running, well-written shows like “Battlestar” have breadth and depth of character that films can’t touch and that rival even the best novels. Yes, there’s lots of crap on TV, no question. But crap shouldn’t prevent you from seeing the good in television, especially as more great shows crop up every day. Watching TV shouldn’t be something to be ashamed...
...Harvard’s graduating seniors and a team that struggled early in its league slate but has come on of late—sweeping last weekend’s series with division rival Brown—closing the season on an apparently meaningless high note carries important weight...
...When it’s an Ivy series, you’re excited about it, particularly when it’s a division rival,” coach Joe Walsh said...