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Blockbuster has lagged behind rival Netflix in signing up customers for online subscriptions for video rentals, reporting only 2.2 million subscribers to its Total Access program in comparison to Netflix’s 6.3 million...
...invasion, Noorzai sent word via one of his relatives, a man named Khalid Pashtoon, to say he wanted to meet with the U.S. military. It is a testament to either craftiness or desperation that Noorzai turned to Pashtoon, who despite the family tie was a key aide to a rival tribal chief who often clashed with Noorzai. But that enemy was one of America's chief allies in the south of the country. The seeming alliance did the trick. In November 2001, instead of being targeted, Noorzai was meeting with the Americans...
...then came Joe Biden. Announcing his run for President, he praised his Senate colleague and presidential rival Barack Obama as "articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy" and declared that this was a first for African-American presidential candidates. Generally, the first thing that happens when someone commits a boner like this is that everybody else--political rivals, journalists, news junkies, even his or her staff--has a good laugh. Then all the players declare how saddened they are or how angry they are and demand an apology...
Senior Audrey Duboc pulled out a dramatic come-from-behind win and the third-ranked Harvard women’s squash team rallied to knock off rival No. 4 Trinity, 5-4, at the Murr Center last night...
When Duboc took the court, the two squads were tied at 3, but Katherine O’Donnell, playing in the No. 7 position, dropped a tight five-game match on the adjacent court to make the remaining encounters must-wins. Grigg quickly dispatched her rival at No. 1, Vaidehi Reddy, 10-8, 9-2, 9-5, to turn all eyes on Duboc, who dropped the opening two games to Ashley Clackson...