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After Cornell took an 11-5 lead with 14:14 remaining in the first half, the Crimson outscored the Big Red 21-7 over the next 11 minutes, during which span Canady had all seven of his team’s points...
...took the Crimson two full periods to squeeze off 10 shots against No. 2 Boston College in the consolation final of the Beanpot. On Friday against Clarkson, Harvard notched that many in the two-minute span of its first power play...
Banfield’s power-play strike was the first of three goals in a span of four minutes. Senior tri-captain Nicole Corriero extended the lead to 2-0 and her nation-leading goal total to 46 with a strike at 5:02. Then came a third-line tally with sophomore Katie Johnston putting away a feed from junior Jennifer Raimondi...
...moment, Bush's instincts-his supporters would argue these are bedrock values-seem to be paying off. The President's attention span may be haphazard, but the immediate satisfactions are difficult to dispute. Saddam Hussein? Evildoer. Take him out. But wait, no WMD? No post-invasion planning? Deaths and chaos? Awful, but ... Freedom! Look at those Shi'ites vote! And now, after all that rapid-eye movement, who can say the Shi'ites and the Kurds won't create a government with a loyal Shi'ite-Kurd security force? And who can say the Sunni rebels won't-with some...
...most visible obstacles to that strategy is the Friendship Bridge across the Yalu River in northeastern China. The span connects the city of Dandong with North Korea, and every day pedicab drivers and minivans haul their goods across the Yalu, bringing scissors and shampoo, fruit and vegetables, and even DVD players and color TVs to market in Kim's socialist paradise. Train cars also trundle over, carrying oil destined for use in North Korea's million-member military. For Kim, the economic link to the outside world that the bridge symbolizes is vital. Beijing knows it?and so does Washington...