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...while Milano’s home run cut Harvard’s lead to 3-2, the Crimson would tack on a run in three of the next four innings, broadening the gap to 6-2 with five hits, four walks, and a hit-by-pitch...
Back to back singles by Morgan Brown and Brendan Byrne, followed by a bases-clearing triple by Matt Vance, put Harvard up 10-5. Ian Wallace singled in Vance to tack on the final...
...speech, the Israeli leader took yet another anti-P.L.O. tack. He sidestepped Arafat entirely and appealed instead to the Palestinian people to join the peace talks. Said Peres: "Come forth and recognize the reality of the state of Israel. Let us face each other across the negotiating table...
...philosophy: "There are only two good ranches--the one you've left and the one you're goin' to." Though he's settled with his wife Joni in a corner of Arizona, his cowboy blood still runs thick. With great pride, he pulls his battered steel spurs from the tack-room wall and brushes away the dirt. As he points out the silver-inlaid design and the gold initials R.L.K., he smiles at all the times he's worn them with a swagger. He hangs them on the wall with a jangle, his eyes passing again over his bridles, bits...
...Paradoxically, Wenling's "democratic discussions" emerged as an attempt by officials to bolster the Party's authority. In 1999 a political education campaign was under way, but leaders couldn't get locals to show up. So they changed tack, offering "dialogues" in which residents could exchange ideas with their leaders, instead of being lectured as usual. "We propaganda officials aren't in the democracy business," says Mu Yifei, deputy director of Wenling's Publicity Bureau, "but slowly this idea caught on. The people and the leaders started to value each other's input...