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This season, however, the Crimson looks nothing like its predecessors. In three games, Harvard has done enough to win while not letting its mistakes contribute to a loss. How was Murphy able to craft such a stark turn-around...
...Egypt, where Atta grew up, his family and friends describe a shy, unassuming young man who struggled to make his mark. They say he must have undergone a stark personality change to become the terrorist who supervised Sept. 11. Born in Kafr El Sheikh, a city on the Nile delta, Mohamed was the son of a lawyer and a homemaker. As a kid, his father says, he liked to play chess and disliked violent games. He was a scrawny youth--only 5 ft. 7 in. and until recently quite thin. (His dad called him "Bolbol," Arabic slang for a little...
...alone; that it is impossible to convince a villain to do what is right; that some things really are worth sacrificing for, fighting for, dying for. Nor am I embarrassed to say this: there are certain rare moments when the world’s forces align in a stark opposition of good and evil, and the leaders of free lands invoke the name of God in liberty’s defense, and there are no shades of gray...
...despite renewed political will, reviving the peace process remains as difficult as it is indispensable to Washington's wider agenda. Although Yasser Arafat has enthusiastically welcomed a more active U.S. role and has been quick to proclaim a new cease-fire, Tuesday's Hamas attack in Gaza is a stark reminder of the extent to which Arafat's political authority has ebbed over the past year. Arafat condemned the attacks as an "assault on the cease-fire" (and by extension, on his authority) and vowed to arrest the perpetrators. But the Palestinian leader may be facing the toughest test...
...rubble that is Kabul today is a stark reminder of the pitfalls of trying to govern a land unrivaled in its unruliness, and it may be a long time before Afghanis are willing to believe that a transitional government is anything more than a temporary, tactical option for forces that have been fighting one another for more than a decade...