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...Harvard effectively killed all three penalties. Netminder Justin Tobe tallied six saves for the period. The Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead with 9:35 left in the second period, as Clarkson’s Brodie Rutherglen picked up a blocked shot by Golden Knight Max Kolu to smack one through Tobe’s legs for the first goal of the night. “They came down semi-two-on-one,” Reese said. “Justin played it really well. On the whole, it was a tough turnover, but at the same time...
...need for rule of law in Latin America, for example, should smack Bush squarely in the face when he visits U.S. allies Colombia and Guatemala this weekend. Scandals there - one involving Colombian senators allegedly in league with drug-trafficking paramilitary armies, and another implicating Guatemala's national police in the murder of three Salvadoran congressmen - are another harsh reminder that, despite what so many in Washington seem to think, elections alone don't constitute a democratic society...
...obsessively parse the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Sir Nicholas Stern and Al Gore. Although the pendulum of public opinion has swung swiftly and mercilessly away from them, the doubters provide a vital service. They keep the scientists and politicians in check, and are first to smack down the loons who want to shut down fossil-fuel industries. In Australia, the dynamic in grass-roots politics and public policy is toward immediate action. A joint government-business Task Group on Emissions Trading last week said "the warning signs cannot be ignored." "While debate continues about the precise...
...Palestinians) undermine the moral edifice of the Chosen. And efforts to keep such deeds from the sight of the world, to confiscate film, to bar journalists from the territories, as if the trouble were merely a hallucination and intercepting the message would annul the problem -- all these seem to smack of manipulation. In the first weeks of the Palestinian uprising, many of America's Jews raised their voices against Israel...
...like a jousting lance to repel defenders--adds yet another dimension. To LT, the term stiff-arm is a misnomer. "You're not just sticking your arm out," says Tomlinson. "You're punching the guy." One place to pummel is the chest, which knocks back bear-hugging tacklers. Another? "Smack-dab in the face mask," he says...