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...members is Cyprus, which has been split between Greeks and Turks for a generation. The U.N. pushed a plan to end the island's 28-year division in November, hoping that the prospect of E.U. membership would jumpstart negotiations to settle Europe's longest-running standoff. That trap never sprang. As promised, the E.U. will now admit the Greek part of Cyprus, but urged both sides to keep working toward a deal. The Turkish government had set its sights unerringly on starting negotiations before the E.U. grows from 15 to 25 members. It worries that it will have a tougher...
Harvard would not mount any considerable attack until the final 10 minutes, when it earned another corner and sprang junior forward Mina Pell down the sidelines twice, but on every occasion All-American goalkeeper Kelly Baril played the ball cleanly and kept the Crimson from scoring again...
...another season, Princeton sprang off the bench in celebration at the final whistle. On the other end, the Crimson players cast their sticks to the sidelines and huddled together in collective disappointment...
Cremarosa’s punishing back-block that sprang Morris up the sideline on his 54-yard TD catch in the third quarter. “That was just a perfect block by Kyle Cremarosa,” Morris said after the game. “He shielded his corner out. It wasn’t anything I did—it was an incredible block...
Anita Cali sat with her old college friend Gloria, talking about Gloria's ex-husband Peter. Suddenly tears sprang to Anita's eyes. "I miss Peter," she said of her friend's husband. Gloria rolled her eyes in exasperation: "You're just like the kids!" she said. Gloria and Peter (who don't want their real names used) were married for 17years. Their divorce, while not exemplary, was not particularly malicious. After 18 months they had worked out custody of their three children and portioned out the assets...