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...trip to Washington last month, Abbas made the spectacular claim that Hamas - sworn by its charter to destroy Israel - had agreed to recognize the Jewish State. Abbas had hardly spoken the words before they were denied by a Hamas spokesman. A furious Abbas accused the Islamists of reneging on a deal, and also of sabotaging an Egyptian-brokered prisoner exchange that would return the Israeli soldier kidnapped on June 25 in Gaza and free nearly 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails...
...snip at $4,000 - though the edition signed by every living Most Valuable Player costs a staggering $40,000. With titles on the way about Formula One, Diego Maradona and others, Kraken is eyeing the lucrative sports-memorabilia market, but also hopes to lure the true fan with spectacular photos, top writers-and an installment plan to spread the load. www.krakenopus.com
...It’s spectacular,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy says. “Besides that it gives us a great all-weather, terrific surface, besides that it gives us a great indoor facility for virtually everybody in the athletic department, it’s beautiful. Probably the best thing about it is, aesthetically, it picks up the whole place...
...Mike Fucito. “It took the wind out of us. We knew had to come from behind. It made our task greater.”Even with diminished energy, Harvard was able to protect its own goal until halftime. The Crimson was helped in part by some spectacular saves by sophomore goalie Adam Hahn and the defenders against two consecutive Catamount corner kicks.“At halftime we had some readjustments to make,” Kerr said. “Some words with the team in terms of understanding that a little more effort was needed...
...your footing. Those are things that are important as a running back. You know that, ‘Hey, when I make a cut, I’m not going to slip or anything like that.’”“It’s spectacular,” Murphy said. “Probably the best thing about it is, aesthetically, it picks up the whole place. Our stadium always looks great this time of year. But in three weeks, it’s either brown or muddy. The place will look great all year...