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...Slow and steady nearly won the race for the Crimson field hockey team this season. After more than a month without a win, Harvard broke its losing streak and started to creep its way out of the depths of defeat. The opening string of losses marked the second consecutive season in which the Crimson suffered a 10-game skid and notched an overall record below .500. As in the 2005 season, Harvard was again badgered by one-goal losses in 2006, all five of which were suffered during the first 10 contests. Among those losses were a 1-0 loss...
...thousands. All the while, Chaudhry sat silently in the passenger seat, staring straight ahead. He refused to sign autographs and occasionally attempted a vague presidential wave. His impassiveness only seemed to encourage the crowd further. A young man in a t-shirt and tight jeans ran along side the slow-moving vehicle and shouted through an open window, "Thank you sir, I'm so proud of you sir." Another, wearing the traditional salwar kameez and prayer cap, said, "We stand behind you sir, and we are millions...
...around midnight, his initial convoy of 100 cars had swelled to 2000. The crowd around the venue where he was to speak was so thick that he had to abandon the Mitsubishi and make the final few hundred meters by foot. Arcs of rose petals tossed overhead marked his slow passage through the crowd. The outdoor venue was packed with about 7,000 lawyers, ministers and district administrators who had been waiting since 9 a.m. for his arrival. Even 14 hours in, the speeches were going strong - testament to the lawyers' oratorical endurance. In between speeches, music blasted from...
...bipartisanship wears none of the lacy finery of a civics-class lecture. It is a strategy perfected in the bygone era of Democratic dominance of Congress. Dingell knows a purist in his own party can slow him down more than a pragmatist across the aisle. So he likes to get started on a big initiative by cutting a deal with a ranking Republican. Only then does he turn to battle his fellow Democrats...
...Army memo, written in May, projects that the service will lack half the seasoned captains it needs next year. To help slow the dropout rate, the Army has offered a $20,000 re-enlistment bonus. Senior officers have been encouraged to pull younger ones aside and encourage them to stay. "There is a captain shortage," said an Army spokeswoman. "We're doing what we can. We have a lot of deployments...