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...fled just before the U.S. invasion in 2003 - figuring they would sit out what many anticipated would be a short war - also find themselves in limbo. "As time has gone by, almost none have gone back, and people are beginning to run out of resources," says Astrid van Genderen Stort, spokeswoman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva...
...TIME'S stort on Ehud Olmert's victory in the Israeli elections [April 10] said it showed that Israeli voters "are apparently ready to sacrifice the ancient dream of a Greater Israel--stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River--for peace with a Palestinian state." But most Israelis already favored such a sacrifice. The concept of a Greater Israel has been embraced by only a minority. While you reported Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' regret that Olmert did not win more seats, most Israelis regret Abbas' failure to stop Hamas from winning the latest Palestinian elections. That Israel...
Harvard came up for last licks with visiting hurler Nick Nichols confident of victory. Billy Parsons pinch hit for Berg and was tossed out by Nichols. Then Cleo O'Donnell, subbing for Heath, drove a looper to center, advancing on Stort Waldstein's walk...
After this year's Grand National, the horses Drin and Swift Rowland had to be destroyed (TIME, April 6). In 1930, Derby Day III fell and died. In 1929 one horse, Stort, broke his leg. There were no accidents in 1928 and 1927; in 1926 one horse, Lone Hand, fell and died...
...Advocate announces that its stort-story contest for a prize of $25, will close on March 15. The competition is open to all undergraduates excepting members of the Board. Stories, which should not exceed 4,000 words in length, must be typewritten and handed in at the Advocate House, 20 Holyoke street, not later than the date mentioned. The winning story, as well as others deserving honorable mention, will be published in the May Advocate...