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...better than before the invasion. Most deemed the current sacrifices worthwhile: 62% were happy that Saddam Hussein is gone. "I'm optimistic," says liquor-store owner Hussam Nadim, whose sales have tripled since the chaotic period of three months ago, during which his shop was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. "With time and a lot of work, I see things improving...
...Terriers (5-3-2) had pulled ahead in the 44th minute when Meghann Cook delivered the ball in the box to Susan Marschall, who took the pass and delivered a rocket just past the outstretched arms of sophomore goalkeeper Katie Shields...
Welcome aboard, sir. Clark's announcement that he was running landed like a rocket-propelled grenade in the messy bunker that is the Democratic presidential field. He's off to a late start, but thanks to an Internet-driven draft movement, Clark has the beginnings of an organization and the promise of millions of dollars. Making the rounds of Democratic salons in New York and Los Angeles in recent weeks, he has wowed some of the people who could gather millions more. Within 24 hours of getting into the race, Clark had a list of congressional endorsements more impressive than...
...Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's claim, on March 30 that "We know where the WMDs are; they're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad." Nor, for that matter, to Secretary of State Colin Powell's insistence, at the UN Security Council, that "a missile brigade outside Baghdad was dispersing rocket launchers and warheads containing biological warfare agent to various locations, distributing them to various locations in western Iraq. Most of the launchers and warheads had been hidden in large groves of palm trees and were to be moved every one to four weeks to escape detection...
Hoff struck early in the first half, breaking a scoreless tie with a rocket into the lower left hand corner...