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...frame to take a 2-1 lead. On the power play, Princeton senior Lizzy Keady picked up a loose puck in front of the Harvard net and slammed it home. The Crimson took the ice for the third period with its top lines reconfigured, and the changes set the stage for a quick pair of game-changing goals. “In the third period the kids came out hard,” Stone said. “We made some adjustments to our lines—it’s early and we are still working...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is proud of his reputation as a take-charge leader boasting an impressive string of international diplomatic coups to his bow. Indeed, his first three highly touted months in office owed most of their glow to his deft performance on the world stage - a shine that dimmed during the following three months spent largely at home. But by flying to Africa to personally bring home seven Europeans involved in the child kidnapping case that Chadian authorities have lodged against French charity group Zoe's Ark, Sarkozy may be on the receiving end of tough questions being...
...France's media was torn between approbation and concern. Le Figaro's headline Monday hailed "Nicolas Sarkozy's Humanitarian Coup" and nicknamed him "the Jack Bauer of diplomacy," referring to the secret agent star of 24. Le Parisien, however, claimed "Nicolas Sarkozy can't resist the permanent temptation to stage his action as if he's the only person involved". One way or another, as with the fictional television program, the clock was ticking as another day of dramatic developments took place in this confusing case...
...harsh mountainous terrain and the dispersal of the PKK makes it unlikely that the Turkish army will stage a major invasion this year and risk being caught in the mountains with winter fast approaching. Still, the mere threat of Turkish action has had an effect: The last stable part of Iraq no longer feels quite the safe haven it had become for thousands of refugees from the civil war in the rest of the country. "We fled from Baghdad, and now we are afraid of the Turks," said Mary Toma, a Christian refugee from the Dora neighborhood of Baghdad...
...narrator, Shields’ unctuous tenor and bawdy gestures sweetened the tone of the show’s uriniferous notes. Other highlight performances included that of Rachel E. Flynn ’09 as Penelope Pennywise, the coin-collecting bathroom bouncer. Her hysterical intonations and clear voice commanded the stage and provided dazzling comedy...