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McCaffery’s effort off the bench epitomized her contribution during the Crimson’s eight-game tear, during which she has averaged almost nine points a game and scored in double figures four times...
Breathtakingly, for the first time in the Middle East’s modern history, these peaceful protestors seem to have been successful. Their demands for political change were not met with fists, kicks, batons, tear gas, riot police, or bullets but instead with definite success and governmental responsiveness. In a region that has for so long stymied the voice of its people and crushed their aspirations, thousands of Lebanese demonstrators have been given new hope. Without any violence, they have overthrown a government and compelled dictatorial Syria to agree to begin a withdrawal that it has delayed for well over...
...skid pad here is a half-mile oval surrounded by wide swaths of muddy grass. Spin out, and you wind up in the weeds, which is where I find myself a couple of times. For the course's finale, we split into teams and, racing against the clock, tear through a slalom. When my turn arrives, my adrenaline is pumping so hard that I put the car in reverse (a common mistake, I'm assured). Suffice it to say, my team loses...
...nurses, retorted Schwarzenegger, "can't tear me down, because I am with the people." But he may not be able to make his get-tough position stick. The Sacramento Superior Court will hear arguments this week on the ratio issue in a lawsuit brought by the nurses' association. California's 1999 law, which took effect last year, is the first in the nation to mandate fixed nurse-to- patient ratios after takeovers of community hospitals by for-profit chains led to cutbacks. But two days after the November election, Schwarzenegger officials loosened nurse staffing requirements for emergency rooms and delayed...
...piece bands from Providence rock so hard? Is it something in the water, or do they make the vegan food extra good there? Joining the Body and the recently disbanded Anton Bordman in terms of two-man domination, Art (guitar) and Gus (drums, double bass) of Tiny Hawks tear it up with their new record, which delivers the kind of passionate hardcore that only a basement and a photocopied lyrics sheet can make complete...