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...PlayStation2 is being launched into the most competitive gaming environment ever. Sony is locked in a high-stakes platform war with Microsoft, Sega and Nintendo to lay claim to electronic outposts in living rooms worldwide. Right now the fight is over who will cater to the virtual sniper-attack and dune-buggy needs of legions of young gamers. But before long, these companies are betting, game consoles like PlayStation2 will become broad-ranging digital home entertainment centers used by everyone for everything from music playing to video watching. Still, the corporate battle for digital dominance in the years ahead will...
...this latest Israeli response is unlikely to be decisive. The continuing struggle will be fought without high-technology ordnance. It will be an effort to prevent the assembling of large, volatile crowds, minimize provocative incidents and gain the intelligence required by sniper teams and elite special forces. The key weapons will be intelligence assets and movement controls. Then it will be up to the police and security forces--and a few expert marksmen. The heavy weaponry will be there, but it will be in backup, a reminder of Israel's determination to defend its people...
...Under sniper fire during an embassy demonstration in Yemen, a Marine colonel (Samuel L. Jackson) orders his men to shoot at the demonstrators; 83 Yemenis are killed. At the colonel's court martial, his attorney (Tommy Lee Jones) cries bureaucratic cover-up--which the script, from a story by former Navy Secretary James Webb, sees as more damning than the massacre of civilians. The issues demand nuance, not the rhetorical bombast offered in this muddle. It has something to offend every political sensibility but little to offer in thoughtful drama...
...Friday face-off against league-unbeaten Penn and the sniper Langel will likely be the Crimson's most difficult test to date. Harvard will go to Philadelphia looking to thwart Penn's six-game winning streak...
...Crimson will feature new line combinations that Mazzoleni played with in Minnesota. He has moved junior Steve Moore from center onto the wing alongside his brother Dominic. Moore has been the team's top sniper the past two seasons, but has only four goals on the year...