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Petraeus, who is head of U.S. Central Command and was named a runner-up for Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year, oversaw multinational forces in Iraq from February 2007 until September of last year, and is often credited with effectively overseeing the implementation of the U.S. “surge” strategy in the Middle East...
Petraeus, who is head of U.S. Central Command and was named a runner-up for Time Magazine’s 2007 Person of the Year, oversaw multinational forces in Iraq from February 2007 until September of last year, and is often credited with effectively overseeing the implementation of the U.S. “surge” strategy in the Middle East...
...Nakagawa's replacement. Yosano, who claims he taught DPJ leader Ichiro Ozawa to play the chess-like game of Go, will now wear three hats in Aso's government, running the ministries of economy and finance and the Financial Services Agency, which oversees banking. A fiscal conservative, Yosano was runner-up to Aso in the LDP elections last September. If things get much worse for the Prime Minister, there is even talk that Yosano could become the new head of the party and lead it into upcoming general elections. How well this bodes for the struggling LDP remains...
...hoping that having home court advantage will make a difference next time,” Crimson coach Satinder Bajwa said of facing Princeton again. Harvard next takes on Yale (9-3, 3-3 Ivy) Wednesday evening at the Barnaby Courts with a chance to secure a runner-up Ivy League finish.PRINCETON 5, HARVARD 4Princeton spoiled the Crimson’s undefeated season by the slimmest of margins Sunday afternoon, escaping with a 5-4 victory, with five of the nine matches going to a decisive fifth game.Bajwa pointed to both physical and emotional fatigue as possible culprits for the loss...
...eight "honorable mentions," which is some kind of Sundancespeak for "loser." But when the actual award was given, they called up a young hipster named Destin Cretton, who not only did not have a speech prepared but also was holding a half-eaten lollipop. Trying to be a gracious runner-up, I walked over to congratulate Cretton...