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Quaker quarterback Pat McDermott seemed to get on track last weekend against Dartmouth, but the scenario is analogous to that of Bucknell’s offense. McDermott doesn’t need to light up the Bison defense, but he will need to engineer three or four scoring drives. Those drives better end in touchdowns, because the Quakers just benched starting kicker Evan Nolan, who missed four straight field goals including one against Dartmouth, in favor of defensive back/kicker Bryan Arguello, who also missed a field goal against the Big Green...
...continue talks on its rogue nuclear program. If the U.S. and China ever reached the brink of war over Taiwan, Australia - with its lucrative financial ties with China - would "be doing everything it could to negotiate a settlement," Edwards says. If that failed, it would face the "nightmare scenario" of having to side with its closest ally against one of its biggest trading partners...
Those who naïvely believe this scenario might smugly claim to understand such phenomena as the 20-week streak from May to September during which English language films ranked first in theater sales in France, or the hearty support John Kerry enjoys in all the countries where he isn’t running for president...
...YOUNG ACTOR IN BAD Education knows it is the role of a lifetime. After all, he says, the scenario he has just presented to a famous director is the story of his own life. Who better to play the leading part? Yes, the main character is a drag queen but, he tells the director, "if I look too manly, I can slim down." Pride mixes with desperation as he adds, "I'm very flexible. I can do anything...
...eccentric justice launched into a parody of a police radio dispatch under a scenario in which profiling were prohibited. “The suspect is 5’10, we know what he looks like, but we can’t tell you,” Scalia quipped—drawing laughter from the audience...