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...presidency ended before the power plants could be completed and the projects today are derelict-evidence, in Pyongyang's eyes, of Washington's bad faith. But those who defend the Agreed Framework say all Bush had to do upon taking office was follow through, and several years of dangerous saber rattling in Northeast Asia could have been avoided. Says Graham Allison, a former Assistant Secretary of Defense under Clinton: "The bad news is that this is four years, eight bombs' worth of plutonium and one nuclear test" after the Bush Administration veered from the course set by the Agreed Framework...
...scare later in the day when the Quakers threatened to deal them their second loss of the season. But the women prevailed in a 15-12 win. The men’s loss could hardly have been closer, as the squad posted 5-4 defeats in the saber and foil with epee pulling out a 6-3 win. The problems stemmed from the first round of bouts, when sluggish play put the team in a hole from which it could not recover. “All my three squads were quite lethargic and trying to come back from behind...
...toughest one and clearly it was too much of a break. But they look like they’re sharpening up.” Things looked to be heading in a negative direction, as injuries sidelined numerous top fencers, including freshman foil fencer Artemisha Goldfeder and senior saber fencer Dan Sachs. But the squad as a whole stepped things up a notch. The biggest surprise of the night came in the women’s epee: after falling 5-4 to Duke last Sunday, the team of sophomore Maria Larsson and seniors Jasmine McGlade and Precious Eboigbe dominated to pull...
...women’s saber squad also won, 6-3, but the women’s epee lost a close contest...
Without senior Tim Hagamen—who Brand asserts “has a great shot at making the Olympic team”—the men’s saber squad lost by a score...