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Last night’s win gave the team needed momentum before its showdown with No. 1 Trinity on Saturday. Both Karlen and Whitman are expected to play against the Bantams, providing the Harvard men with a full squad in this weekend’s showdown...
...post-Gulf War stalemate remains in place. And despite a decade of sanctions, no-fly zones, and a pointless air campaign by the Clinton administration, Saddam's regime remains firmly entrenched. In Tuesday's address, President Bush appeared to be preparing his nation for the inevitability of a showdown...
...YEMEN Showdown A raid on an alleged al-Qaeda hideout highlighted the difficulty of eradicating the radicals. At least 12 tribesmen and soldiers died after leaders in the village of al-Husoun refused to hand over suspected al-Qaeda members, responding to the military operation with gunfire and grenades. Officials said that some suspects were arrested, but several leaders escaped. Even so, Washington praised the move by Yemen, Osama bin Laden's ancestral homeland...
...there so few good biographies of horses? Well, never mind, here's one. The main character was an improbable racing champion: undersized, injury prone and ridden by a one-eyed jockey. Yet Seabiscuit captured America's heart, which pounded harder when he faced War Admiral in a showdown in 1938. Seabiscuit won, and Laura Hillenbrand does too with her deft blending of racing lore and social history...
...there so few good biographies of horses? Well, never mind, here's one. The main character was an improbable racing champion: undersized, injury prone and ridden by a one-eyed jockey. Yet Seabiscuit captured America's heart, which pounded harder when he faced War Admiral in a showdown in 1938. Seabiscuit won, and Laura Hillenbrand does too with her deft blending of racing lore and social history...