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...mean, we played our ass off in the first half and we just couldn’t sustain it,” he said. “The guys got overwhelmed in the third quarter...
...Israel's reluctance to settle for Arafat imprisoning Zeevi's killers is hardly surprising. The PA has found it increasingly difficult to sustain action against Palestinian militants during the current intifada - local Fatah militia leader Atif Abbayat who was killed last Thursday, for example, had been arrested by the PA only weeks earlier, but was then released after his supporters threatened to resume firing on the Israeli neighborhood of Gilo. The U.S. has repeatedly called on Arafat to take stronger steps to rein in militants...
...Right now, in the interests of the anti-terror coalition, the U.S. needs Arafat to crack down on the militants and Israel to show more restraint. And on both ends, that's a tough call: Arafat will be hard-pressed to sustain any clampdown if he has nothing to show for it, even more so while Israeli forces remain inside PA territory. Ordinary Palestinians are unlikely to accept the arrest of Zeevi's assassins while Israeli forces continue to conduct assassinations of their own. And while Sharon's Labor Party partners may wring their hands and threaten to quit...
...think about it, in the cold war it took 50 years, plus or minus. It did not involve major battles. It involved continuous pressure. It involved cooperation by a host of nations. It involved the willingness of populations in many countries to invest in it and to sustain it. It took leadership at the top from a number of countries that were willing to be principled and to be courageous and to put things at risk; and when it ended, it ended not with a bang, but through internal collapse...
Desperate to catch up in a hurry, the Big Red rarely strayed from its four-receiver set in the second half. Cornell quarterback Ricky Rahne made 53 throws in the game, completing 31 passes to 14 different receivers. But the Big Red struggled to sustain any drive deep into Harvard territory due to the solid play of the Harvard secondary, anchored by senior Willie Alford, who finished with nine tackles...