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...scores don't bode well for [the applicant's] case.... He'd make a fine addition to the team if the coaches go all out for him, but that's what it would take." Do appeals from debate-team advisors and Phillips Brooks House officers hold similar sway...
...original case of irredentism, the desire of Italian nationalists to seize lands governed by Austria -- Italia irredenta, or unredeemed Italy -- was a complicating factor in World War I. Nor does the trouble necessarily end when irredentists achieve their goals. Tibet, after centuries under the sway of China, declared complete independence in 1913, only to be invaded by Chinese troops in 1951. Largely as a result, India and China fought a border...
...anti-occupation demonstration on campus, he should know that the majority of participants were non-Arab, and in fact, included several Israelis. In light of this, I cannot help but ask myself if the decision to use "Arab" in the title was not racially motivated: an attempt to sway readers by focusing on the most stereotyped ethnic group in American today...
...other crimes leveled against him, he was ordered to pay $200 million in fines and $400 million in restitution. Scores of Milken's friends -- and a smattering of his foes -- have deluged New York Federal District Court Judge Kimba Wood with more than 200 letters that aim to sway her decision about his prison term. While such lobbying is common in white-collar proceedings, Milken's case has attracted letters from a dazzling potpourri of the rich and famous...
...group matches the I.R.A. in its ability to sustain a campaign of deadly violence. Although the level of I.R.A. attacks today is only 20% of that of the 1970s, some 200 to 300 I.R.A. Provisionals are still striking at targets in Ulster, Britain and beyond in an effort to sway public opinion. Backed by 2,000 supporters who furnish hideouts and surveillance, the Provisionals are using a wide variety of weapons -- automatic rifles, pistols, letter bombs and mortars, as well as the terrorist's special, the Czechoslovak-made plastic explosive Semtex...