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...Though federal prosecutors did not press charges on these allegations, and the NBA just released an independent report that refutes Donaghy's claims, the damage to referee credibility was done. "We were shaken," says Crawford, who himself came under fire in the spring of 2007 for jawing with and unnecessarily ejecting San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan from a game. (Crawford was suspended for the 2007 playoffs, and he now admits that he "overreacted" with Duncan.) Crawford, describing the blow to his profession's reputation, says, "It was almost like you were in shock. You find yourself constantly defending yourself...
This is not the first such raid into Syrian territory in recent years. In September 2007, Israeli jets bombed a site in northeast Syria suspected of being a nuclear facility. Syria has also been shaken by attacks from within its borders. In February, Imad Mughniyah, posthumously identified as the top military commander of Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Hizballah, was assassinated in a car-bomb explosion in Damascus. Last month, a rare car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital, killing 28 people...
...Harvard moves to increase the size of its faculty—already large compared to the faculty of 60 full-time professors at Yale and 47 full-time professors at Stanford—it has shaken up the market for legal academics. Brian R. Leiter, a professor at the University of Chicago Law School who publishes the blog Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports, called Harvard “the sleeping giant of legal education,” whose recent faculty expansion has forced its competitors to reconsider their hiring strategies. With a $1.85 billion endowment bolstered...
...Singapore for our honeymoon, and buy a new car. It's ta-ta to those dreams now," he says wistfully. "We've seen some great years. They made you believe that if you worked hard you could rise high, and quickly." But his faith in the future is shaken. "I feel scared that if things continue this way, I may lose my job," he says, "But one thing I'm sure about is: I'll never buy a share again...
...career long. NO PAIN, NO GAIN Saturday’s game was uncharacteristically physical for a non-conference matchup. Each side was flagged for interference, hitting the punt returner before he could make a play on the ball. Both Pizzotti and the Leopards’ Rob Curley got shaken up, particularly in the third quarter. And both sides suffered key injuries. Most notably, in the fourth quarter, a seemingly successful option dish from Pizzotti to Ho ended badly when Lorditch got caught up in the tackle and had to be carried off the field. “You know, we?...