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...Crimson subsequently failed to control the pace of play, sending an extra defender cheating forward in the hopes of netting an equalizer at the cost of a series of quick breaks back in the other direction. But Grumet-Morris stood firm, turning in 36 saves, 16 of them in the third period...
...American people want to move forward on this front, not backward to a pre-9/11 mentality. Though many Americans are understandably troubled by the country’s situation (we are, after all, in the middle of a hard war and our economy is still shaky), they stood with the president and showed their trust in his leadership and vision for America and the world. That is the meaning of November 2, and we ought not forget...
...kinda sucks, but what can you do?” shrugged Faith Sleeper, a senior at American University, as she stood beside a group of security guards. Sleeper spent Election Night watching returns and munching on elephant-shaped cookies with other Republicans on her campus. Following Bush’s remarks, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other high-ranking Republican officials walked through a row of cheering onlookers as they exited the building...
...bulk of the crowd, resigned to the senator’s defeat, stood stunned in silence for over an hour as they awaited the arrival of Kerry and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards...
When Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, the European anthem since 1972, began to play, everyone present stood up somewhat awkwardly. Patriotism is not nearly as common in Europe as in the United States, so the images of the ceremony in the beautiful room were particularly striking. It seemed as if Europe’s politicians, under Zeffirelli’s direction, were trying to give a founding narrative to a process that Europe’s citizens have often seen as bureaucratic and distant. Of course, Europe’s complicated past was ever present: A gigantic statue...