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...talk was focused on what’s going on with guys smack-dab in the middle of Guyland, which doesn’t strike me as a comprehensive picture of all the men in this age range,” said Gina Helfrich, assistant director of the Harvard College Women’s Center. “Still, I think it’s important research because the experience of this privileged group has an impact on everybody else...
...first to strike for the Rams was sophomore outfielder Brittany Julich, who sent home teammates Amanda Sbei and Kelly Coker on a single. Next up, sophomore catcher Nicole Massoni doubled to send Julich home...
...They were throwing good strike pitches, challenging their batters, and we got some key hits, we got timely hits,” Allard said. “The name of the game is great pitching, good defense, and timely hits...
...after Bhutto was killed, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema, a senior official at the Interior Ministry, held a press conference, on Musharraf's instructions, to pin the assassination on Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed last August in a rocket strike in South Waziristan - a claim later supported by the CIA. According to the report, it was no secret that Pakistan's militants loathed Bhutto and her stance against Islamist violence. But the Musharraf government's "hasty" announcement, the report says, "was premature at best" and "prejudiced the police investigations which had not yet begun...
...Scuds, rather than actual deliveries. Nevertheless, in the eyes of Israel, Syria's clear preparation to deploy Scuds in Lebanon represents a major escalation, and a sign of Syria's belligerent intensions. (See pictures of the mysterious facility in Syria that was destroyed by a 2007 air strike...