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...Federal Government's standoff with a religious group in Waco, Texas. But the experience that perhaps marked him most came six months later, in October 1993, in downtown Mogadishu. He and his troops were there when 18 soldiers died in an effort to snatch a Somali warlord--a tough day immortalized in Mark Bowden's book Black Hawk Down. Boykin told a Florida audience last year that he collapsed in his bunk that day, angry that God had let him down. "There is no God," Boykin sobbed in the wake of their deaths. "If there was a God, he would...
This is especially true of Harvard, the team every Cornell student loves to hate. Big Red fans could still snatch up the Pick-Four package, leaving the stands rather deserted for the other three games. They will have another opportunity to attend the game starting on Jan. 5th, when tickets not sold in the package or through Harvard affiliates will be released to the general public. Therefore, if Harvard fans don’t jump on the opportunity, Cornell, with its boisterous following, could still dominate Bright. Certainly having more Crimson in the stands to drown out Cornell?...
This was Cousins’ first performance at the event, and he skated to a catchy song from the movie Snatch...
However, what hasn’t proved comforting to a shocking array of bipartisan camps is Powell’s crusade to abolish current media regulations, allowing a handful of media conglomerates to snatch up more newspapers, radio stations, and local television networks. And “shocking array” may be putting it mildly as Powell’s opposition truly runs the gamut—how often do you find the National Rifle Association commiserating with the National Organization for Women, or a dozen Republicans defecting from the party over an issue President Bush supports so strongly...
Harvard took its first lead of the match at 24-23 when Pospisil registered an earth-shaking block. Unfortunately, B.C. freshman Alison Shepp came through with three huge serves to snatch the lead and the game from Harvard, as the Eagles...