Word: thompson
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...intelligence communities -- after Israeli officials began spreading word that Clinton had agreed to release convicted spy Jonathan Pollard as part of a Middle East peace deal. "The President can't really afford to release Pollard immediately without it looking like he was blackmailed," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Clinton had rejected the Israelis' request to release him as recently as October 1 -- so there'll have to be some papering over of the issue to avoid the appearance that he's capitulating to Israeli demands, which would set a terrible precedent over spying...
...After a morning of frantic negotiation, Netanyahu on Friday appeared to have backed off from his refusal to sign a peace deal unless he could take Pollard home with him. Israel "de-linked" the issues, giving Clinton the space to release Pollard at a later point. The problem, says Thompson, is that Israeli brinkmanship on the issue has created a situation where even a future release of Pollard may carry a domestic political cost...
Sophomore receiver Josh Wilske made the hustle play to chase Saunders down at the Harvard 11-yard line, but Holy Cross (2-4, 1-0 Patriot) tied the game with a seven-yard screen pass from Matt Kives to fullback Antonio Thompson...
Fourth QuarterHC--Thompson, 7 pass from Kives (Fiatarone kick...
OvertimeHar--Menick, 16 run, 0:00.Rushing: HC--Chambers 19-57, Kives 15-38,Coleman 1-20, Walz 2-10, Thompson 2-6, Aloisi 1-5,TOTAL 40-136; Har--Menick 29-171, Wilford 7-17,Patterson 1-12, Linden 7-6, Nwokocha 2-2, TOTAL46-204.Passing: HC--Kives 30-16-0 (123), Boland1-0-0, Chambers 1-0-0, TOTAL--32-16-0;Har--Wilford 16-10-0 (98), Linden 10-5-0 (50),TOTAL 26-15-0 (148).Receiving: HC--Chambers 3-17, Hall 3-30,Thompson 3-16, Andrews 2-24, Green 2-12, Aloisi1-4, Bestpitch...