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...line at the top of the key, but his shot hit off the front iron. The Crimson’s final chance came on junior guard James Lambert’s desparation attempt from well behind the arc, but Lillis, who finished with four rejections on the night, rose up to knock down the shot once more as the buzzer expired...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Albany Beats Crimson in Crunch-Time Comeback | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...returned to the Vineyard as a young adult and quickly rose through the ranks of tribal leadership—he has served on the tribal council since...

Author: By Kelly Y. Gu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Native Americans Reconnect With Past | 12/13/2006 | See Source »

...also easy for many to see a champion in Jefferson, who rose from a poor North Louisiana upbringing to become a Harvard-trained lawyer and the first African American to represent Louisiana in Washington since Reconstruction. The question now is, will he still be able to deliver the goods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unlikely Comeback of William Jefferson | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...that we Americans spend more money than any nation on earth [on health care] and yet we still have 46 million uninsured?") But his emphasis is on weaving in his own personal story - the son of Kenyan father and mother from Kansas who rose to be a U.S. Senator - and other stories of people who overcame long odds. He noted how "a group of 13 ragtag colonies" achieved independence; how "rabble-rousers" throughout American history had worked to ensure equality for women and minorities; and" how "at each and every juncture of our history, there's been somebody that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hope for Obama in New Hampshire | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

...Eleven days had passed without a major assault on one such station in central Ramadi when suddenly a mortar slammed into a door leading to an outside toilet. The yells rose even before the sound of the massive blast faded. An Iraqi policeman dangling a bloody arm yowled in Arabic as he ambled down a corridor away from the smoke and dust of the explosion. Worried shouts and the barking of orders surrounded one of the American wounded as he lay on his back in the same hall, bleeding heavily. Another wounded American sat stunned with blood flowing from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Most Dangerous Place in Iraq | 12/11/2006 | See Source »

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