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...entire Harvard athletics community is shaken by this sudden and tragic loss," Athletic Director Bob Scalise said in a statement. "Paul was universally adored and respected by his student-athletes and coaching peers. He lived and breathed Harvard track and field and his passion for the sport and for teaching was evident. Paul touched the lives of hundreds of athletes. His contributions to the sport and Harvard will not soon be forgotten...
...attack on Saturday on a NATO convoy that killed four and wounded five. General Paktiawaal, watching the announcement on the TV in his office, looked harassed and angry. "This is a terrorist attack," he said. "We can try to prevent suicide bombers, but it's difficult." Despite this sudden surge in violence, Paktiawaal denies that he is worried. "The terrorists are doing their job, and we will continue to do ours...
...after his rare visit to the Capitol, some signs are emerging that the Senate immigration reform bill he is pushing may not be dead just yet. Thursday night, a bipartisan coalition of Senators negotiated an agreement to bring the legislation back to the floor, possibly by next week. The sudden turnaround occurred after Bush shifted tactics, making an obvious overture to conservative critics by emphasizing the legislation's ability to strengthen the porous U.S./Mexico border...
...Bush needs a victory - any victory - that he plans to make a rare trip to Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to attend a weekly Republican luncheon. There, he will make a personal appeal to senators on behalf of his bipartisan immigration reform bill, the progress of which came to a sudden and surprising halt late Thursday night after a failed attempt to bring the legislation to a vote. While Bush has previously leaned on Vice President Cheney to make these kinds of congressional entreaties (the President last sat in on a Senate policy lunch in 2002), either Bush's desperation...
...wasn't a sudden epiphany—it is a process...everyone's trying to deal with the same thing. I realized it here, and it was at Harvard where this process of asking began, and I certainly don't think it will be end here...