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Klein was bothered by a slight lower back strain which he sustained on the seventh hole of the first round, and “half swung” through the rest of the tournament. He shot a 76-79—155, 15 strokes over...
Relations between Seoul and Washington have shown increased strain since Roh Moo-Hyun, an outspoken critic of the American invasion of Iraq, was elected president of South Korea in December...
...it’s even more difficult to play with a groin strain, a separated shoulder, a torn calf or two herniated discs in your back. All of these injuries have plagued the Harvard men’s soccer team at a single position-—goalkeeper...
...significant forces, either. Indeed, in its operational planning right now, the Pentagon has reduced its goal of some 50,000 new foreign troops in Iraq to a more modest 10,000-15,000. And even then, it's not yet clear from where these troops may come. But the strain on the U.S. budget and military of staying the course in Iraq may nonetheless press the case for compromise...
...long, final decline. His seminal text, The Book of Unity, attempted to recover what he saw as the original, pristine state of Islam by pruning out "innovations" that had polluted its essential monotheism. Wahhab's list of corruptions was sweeping; it included Shi'ism, the faith's minority strain, and Sufism, its mystical tradition. He discarded most of the interpretations of Islam's four great legal schools in favor of an exceedingly literal reading of punctilious ritual and enforcement by draconian punishment...