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...With a sweep of four more states on March 4, John McCain officially captured the delegates needed to become the GOP nominee. By noon the next day, he and his wife were at the White House having lunch with onetime rival President George W. Bush and enjoying the embrace--albeit belated--of his party...
...besieged inhabitants stole away in the nights, making the arduous trip across the rock-strewn landscape in search of a safer place. "At times like this, a family has lost all of its resources," says Ahmed, a tribal elder. "This is what happens," he says, and with a sweep of his hands takes in the squalid campsite near the camel-trading town of Kebkabiya...
Extending its winning streak to three games, the Harvard men’s volleyball team (7-5, 4-2 EIVA) tamed Johnson and Wales last night at the Malkin Athletic Center, breezing to a 3-0 sweep. The Crimson’s victory in the non-conference game against the Wildcats (7-12) marks Johnson and Wales’ fourth straight 3-0 loss...
...wasn’t the easiest of victories for the No. 1 Harvard women’s hockey team, but it was an important one. The Crimson (29-1-0) defeated Cornell (12-19-1), 4-2, Saturday evening at Bright Hockey Center to sweep the conference quarterfinal series and punch its ticket to the ECAC semifinals.“It was a battle, we knew it was going to be a battle,” junior forward Sarah Vaillancourt said. “We knew we had to come out hard.”Junior Sarah Wilson scored...
...Israeli sweep into Gaza could also play into the hands of Hamas. Sources within the organization have told TIME that there is nothing the military commanders within Hamas would like better than to provoke a major Israeli assault. Hamas would count on an international backlash against Israel if it were to roll its tanks into Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas in the world, for a long and messy occupation. Even Israel's firmest ally, the U.S. might not approve such a potentially bloody move. Security aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have said they had been told...