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...never retracted his more basic association of Islam with unreason and violence. Indeed, if he had, it would have caused considerable confusion--if only because the behavior of the extremists seemed, at least to some, to prove his point. No editorialist could express frustration with him for initiating the row without condemning the subsequent carnage--and a good many decided his only fault was in speaking truth. Says a high-ranking Western diplomat in Rome: "It was time to let the rabbit out of the can, and he did. I admire his courage. Part of the Koran lends itself...
Throughout his career there have been great accomplishments in the form of an undefeated season and shattered records, and disappointments in losing two years in a row to Princeton. But he hopes people will see him as a complete and reliable back who gave 100 percent, whether it was rushing for 100-plus yards, blocking, or catching passes out of the backfield...
...rely on just his body for defensive purposes. “Coach Bobby Jay has done a great job with our penalty kill,” Donato said. “I don’t want to jinx him, but that’s three games in a row without [allowing a power play goal]—and that’s three darn good offensive hockey teams.” The Crimson earned its best man-advantage chance of the opening period when Colgate winger Mike Werner was awarded a major penalty and game misconduct...
...only two weeks ago that Harvard men’s cross country team seemed destined for mediocrity again, finishing last at the Heptagonals Championships for the third year in a row. What a difference two weeks makes. The Crimson stunned spectators, competitors, and coaches in racing to a fourth-place finish at the Regional Championship meet at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City this weekend. In fact, the only ones who weren’t stunned by the outcome were the Crimson runners themselves. “My expectations going into the race were to finish...
...there are many others on death row who continue to profess their innocence. Women doing time for murder in Baghdad live in a single 10-bunk cell in Khadamiyah Women's Prison in the northern part of town near the Tigris River. There waits Zayneb, a brown-haired woman in her late 20s wearing a black head scarf, convicted in September of conspiring with her husband to murder three relatives. The judge gave her three death sentences, one for each relative who was murdered. She says she didn't have anything to do with their deaths. She has only...