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Perhaps the most striking example of how little has changed is Chechnya, where large-scale military operations were once again reported last week. In the past two months the tempo of military operations there has increased sharply, despite official declarations that the anti-insurgency war is all but won. Ironically, most of the sweeps have been directed against some of Chechnya's largest towns and settlements - places Moscow declared free of guerrillas several years ago. The few human-rights observers who have dared visit, mostly from another Gorbachev-era group, Memorial, report a tragic litany of murder, brutality and looting...
very quick with their forwards. With Bruce Crowder [coaching], they play extremely hard—a very physical, up-tempo game. They’ll play the body...
...were playing with a very good tempo going into the finals break, but when you sit for 10 days while other teams are playing, it’s tough,” Mazzoleni said. “We don’t have the same energy, execution, focus, rhythm and flow that we did before finals. We were flat-footed...
Against the up-tempo Quakers (10-4, 1-1 Ivy), the Crimson (10-6, 3-1) was energized by a remarkable performance from Harvey, who netted a career-high 28 points and reeled off a personal 15-point run in the waning moments of the second half to keep Harvard in the game...
Sullivan then quickly switched gears for the up-tempo, high-scoring Quakers, who boast the best inside-outside game in the conference. He benched Prasse-Freeman and Coleman at the right times, and his gamble with Beatty paid...