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...underachieved a bit,” Akpan said. “So while our immediate goal is to win the next game, ultimately we’d like to get back to the tournament and actually make a run this year.” Sager echoed his teammates sentiment, stating his desire for victory in the matches in September in order to build up an impressive record ahead of the start of league play. The importance of the non-conference games was proven last season, when, despite finishing behind Brown in the Ancient Eight, Harvard gained an at-large...
Earlier this year, Senator Barack Obama stirred up controversy when he said that working-class voters were “bitter” because of a lack of economic opportunity. He argued that religious bigotry, nativism, and anti-trade sentiment were an outgrowth of this frustration. Although he phrased his sentiments poorly, Obama touched upon a valid point. When people lose their jobs, the natural reaction for many is to blame someone else. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are an easy scapegoat, especially during economic downturns. Given the endless stream of bad news about the economy as of late...
...forces have previously fired from Afghanistan in pursuit of militants crossing the border, and Predator drones have launched Hellfire missiles on suspected al-Qaeda targets within Pakistani borders (as they did again on Sept. 8), but this was the first reported ground incursion. The raid inflamed anti-American sentiment across the nation, and in retaliation, a vital fuel-supply route to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan was temporarily blocked...
...President, the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia at the time, Manuel Rocha, made an off-the-cuff threat that Washington would withdraw millions of aid dollars should Morales win. Morales was an underdog at the time, but the threat drove his numbers through the roof - such is the anti-Yanqui sentiment in Bolivia. Indeed, some observers say it was Rocha's slip-up that forced a run-off between Morales and the eventual winner, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada...
...already declared a state of emergency, government officials must puncture the popular perception that Gustav was a false alarm. That perception is partly driving what's been dubbed "hurricane fatigue," but also complacency: many residents say they won't evacuate for Ike, or future hurricanes. To counter such sentiment, Mark Cooper, director of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, says, "All we have to do is talk about what happened during Katrina, and they'll realize what needs to be done." Earlier this week, when Ike was projected to hit Louisiana directly, "the governor could...