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...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...
...about humanity.” “She would be an excellent foreign policy advisor for any President, and she really does care about international cooperation,” Ayele said. “I don’t think that anyone should judge her simply by her slip-up.” Power’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book “A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide” explored America’s response to and understanding of various genocides in the 20th century. As a journalist, she helped to cover...
...fighting between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza was triggered by what Israelis saw as a rare opportunity: Five top Hamas commanders, in charge of training commandos, had made the cardinal mistake of commuting to work at a former naval facility in the same car. Once Israel spotted this security slip-up by the Hamas men, they blasted the vehicles with guided missiles from circling aircraft. "We destroyed Hamas' training department," exulted one Israeli military intelligence officer...
...Talladega Nights.” Third, as his eighth production in four years, Apatow is dancing with the devil of overexposure. The fickle 16-to-25-year-old male demographic that has long buttered his bread could turn on him at any moment, and any slip-up could be fatal. Fortunately for Apatow and the rest of that populist-comedy cabal known as the “Frat Pack” (including Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, and Vince Vaughn), distinguishing successes from failures can be difficult. One may argue “Anchorman” is a funnier, more original...
...Harvard has also been forced to play without injured captain Supriya Balsekar, who is one of the team’s top players, forcing players into higher flights. Balsekar still remains an important presence in the locker room, though, and helped the Crimson recover from the midweek slip-up. “Playing without Supriya is tough,” Snyder said. “We are used to having her lead through her squash, but she does a good job of leading off the court as well.” “She kept the whole team together...