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...disappointing performances between the pipes have been exceedingly rare for Harvard thus far this season. Senior Dov Grumet-Morris, given the night off after recording 37 saves and allowing zero goals on Wednesday against Northern Michigan, has allowed two goals or fewer nine times this year, with Tobe following suit twice...
Eagles rather than doves nestle in the Oval Office Christmas tree, pinecones the size of footballs are piled around the fireplace, and the President of the United States is pretty close to lounging in Armchair One. He's wearing a blue pinstripe suit, and his shoes are shined bright enough to shave in. He is loose, lively, framing a point with his hands or extending his arm with his fingers up as though he's throwing a big idea gently across the room...
...Employing a little-known 1789 law called the Alien Tort Claims Act, the suit argued that by virtue of its partnership with the junta, Unocal "aided and abetted" the Burmese army as its soldiers allegedly burned a baby to death, raped women and girls and forced villagers into slave labor to clear a path for the pipeline. Unocal has declined to comment beyond the statement outlining the settlement, which says that the company "respects human rights in all of its activities...
...overseas under the 1789 statute, the Unocal case is the first time that a defendant has concluded a settlement under which compensation will be paid. "I'm thrilled with the outcome of this case," said Katherine Redford of Washington D.C.-based law firm EarthRights International, who conceived of the suit after visiting the Thailand?Burma border a decade ago as a law student. "General counsel for corporations around the world will pay considerable attention to this settlement," says Sean Murphy, a professor of international law at the George Washington University Law School. Saw Tuday Kaw of the Karen Information Committee...
...word, it is reality. Fantasy sequences abound in Beyond the Sea: a smiling Darin foregrounds dancing in the streets; a trip to Darin’s mother’s funeral after which he takes off his mourning suit, puts on a bow tie and exits out of the back of the church onto a stage; the child actor’s watch slows down as Darin faces the physical consequences of a childhood illness...