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...Kruger on a man-up opportunity 1:17 into the first quarter to give the Crimson the early lead. The Stags evened the score about four and a half minutes later, before Harvard took its second—and last—lead of the game thanks to a strike from senior attackman Evan Calvert. Two Fairfield goals followed, but a Mahler goal assisted by Cohen tied the score at three with 13 seconds to play in the first quarter. Poised to enter the second quarter with a bit of momentum, Flood lost the ensuing faceoff, which...
...Beijing Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB). "In areas like West Kowloon, he knows when to give up when facing public opposition." Yet for an official who declared in his first policy address that his goal was "strong governance," giving up doesn't strike the right tone. "Politically, Donald is more compromising and accommodating than Tung, which is good," says Ma Ngok, a political scientist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. "But that doesn't meet the public's idea of strong governance...
...rapprochement with the West. Most Iranian leaders and the public believe in Iran's right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But a real split has emerged between hard-liners allied with Ahmadinejad, who are willing to risk international sanctions and even the threat of a U.S. military strike in a quest to become a nuclear power, and pragmatists, who might accept limits on Iran's program in order to win political benefits from the West that would preserve the current regime's hold on power. Reflecting the success of recent U.N. sanctions against Tehran, officials in Iran...
...potential Republican candidates, Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and former Senator turned television star Fred Thompson, are deciding that they can afford to wait a while before making up their minds. There is a full lineup of conservatives who are already in the race and looking for lightning to strike: Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and California Congressman Duncan Hunter, to name just a few. Many conservatives say a long election season offers the advantage of letting conservatives work through their doubts about their options for 2008, especially when they turn their attention to November. "When...
Jinelle Zaugg’s strike at the 7:09 mark of the fourth overtime ended the game at 127:09, establishing it second in duration only to a 1996 quintuple-overtime New Hampshire-Providence game...