Word: sides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Stevenson kill finally gave the Crimson a side-out, and three successive Crimson kills sparked a run that resulted in a 9-3 lead. Skillful blocking by Denham and Stevenson further sealed the second game, which Harvard...
...third game proved to be the most exciting of the evening as the Crimson substituted freely. Early on, Wentworth's John Krammes tied the game 3-3 with a kill, and the Leopards were able to force side-outs throughout the game that prevented the Crimson from garnering an easy victory...
...surprise in Israel. Abdullah has his father's politics and his father's support among the key factions of Jordanian society: the Beduoin tribe that hold the commanding posts in the military. But the predicted success and stability for the reign of the next Hashemite king was only a side-bar to the real feelings on both sides of the Jordan River this weekend: how to say goodbye to an ally who became a trusted leader and a friend to three peoples--Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli...
...very easy to overestimate the distance from Jerusalem to Amman today, but at the time of Israeli independence, the apartment where I sit was a field behind an Arab villa. Jerusalem was a city of Jordan, and King Hussein was at his grandfather's side when the first King Abdullah was assassinated here in 1951. King Hussein personally financed the renovation of the Dome of the Rock and the demolition of the Jewish quarter, and before the Six-Day War in 1967, Amman seemed a world away from Israel politically. The distance and the military controls continued through the Gulf...
...stood with my parents in Jericho and looked out at the Allenby Bridge crossing, wondering if I could ever go see the wonders on the other side of the unassuming Jordan river: the Roman city at Jaresh, the Biblical Har Nevo in the Gilad Mountains, the unspeakable wonders of Petra. Now, I know dozens of friends who have traveled this now-trendy tourist route from Israel to Jordan and hope to spend my spring break sleeping nights on the East Bank...