Word: spoilers
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...warnings are not to be taken lightly, if history is anything to go by: Iran and Hamas have played a spoiler role in the past, and they could well do so again. In 2000, the once-promising Oslo Accords signed at the White House in 1993 collapsed. The blame was put on a failed attempt to negotiate a final historic peace deal at Camp David, which resulted in a new Palestinian uprising and fierce Israeli counterattack. But the peace process was effectively derailed three years earlier by Iran and two groups to which it supplies political, diplomatic, financial and military...
...sectarian chaos that followed the toppling of Saddam Hussein is a painful reminder that transforming Arab dictatorships into pro-Western democracies will not be simple. The Iraqi quagmire has helped Iran rise as a leader of forces opposed to a Pax Americana, with the clout to play a spoiler role in Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East. The prospect that Iran could assemble a nuclear weapon in the coming few years, and the possibility that the U.S. may launch preemptive military strikes on Iran, are ominous signs of how the Middle East can still take further turns...
...playing in New Haven, where it has outscored opponents by a combined tally of 141-36 in four games this season, and it currently leads the Ancient Eight in scoring offense and all of I-AA in scoring defense. And again, Harvard has the opportunity to play spoiler and ruin its archrival’s perfect season...
...capped off a perfect season with a 3-1 victory Saturday over Yale. CORNELL 3, HARVARD 2 The Crimson looked poised to finish its season strong after getting out to a 2-0 lead over the Big Red (10-15, 6-8 Ivy), but the visitors from Ithaca played spoiler to Harvard’s plans by battling back and capturing the match, 3-2 (20-30, 28-30, 30-26, 30-28, 19-17) in an extended fifth game. Seniors Suzie Trimble, Laura Mahon, and Mimi Hanley all had big days while wearing their Crimson uniforms for the last...
...opening defeat in 2006, Yale has won 16 of its 17 games. The one loss came against Princeton in New Haven a year ago, when Player of the Year Jeff Terrell rallied the Tigers from a 14-point deficit. Don’t expect this Princeton squad to play spoiler...