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...will be complemented in the frontcourt by junior swingman Joe Case and junior forward Mike McBrien. Case returns as the top three-point threat in the league while also leading the team in rebounding last season (5.5 rpg). The versatile McBrien, who plays all three frontcourt positions, can also threaten from outside, shooting 52 percent from beyond the arc last season...

Author: By Andy C. Poon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Ivy League Preview | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

...these things I have been pausing to stare at lately, these terrible things going on half way around the world, well, they just don't belong. They don't seem right. They weren't supposed to happen this way. And they threaten this luxury of mine...

Author: By J.p. Rollert, | Title: A Note From the Underground | 11/8/2000 | See Source »

...shots). The ad asks, "Mr. Gore...what kind of unholy alliance will you have with Al Sharpton?" Another ad, sponsored by a mysterious outfit called Aretino Industries, tells us that the Clinton-Gore Administration has traded national security for campaign contributions and that China has "the ability to threaten our homes with long-range nuclear warheads." The video shows a girl plucking petals from a daisy, a takeoff on the infamous 1964 "Daisy" ad that suggested nuclear annihilation would result if Barry Goldwater won. Bush campaign officials called for the Daisy remake to be pulled (and some stations have done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: In The Stretch: And Now for the Nasty Stuff | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...with Saddam himself. The Iraqi dictator's refusal to budge on the question of U.N. arms inspectors makes it unlikely that the sanctions will formally be lifted any time soon. But European and moderate Arab regimes have, to Washington's alarm, adopted increasingly liberal interpretations of those sanctions that threaten to make them meaningless. Booming oil prices have improbably strengthened Saddam's hand, to the point that even Washington may be cautious about provoking Baghdad into turning off the taps on the 3 million barrels it pumps daily and driving up world oil prices even further. And the anti-American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. President-Elect, Meet Mr. Saddam Hussein... | 11/6/2000 | See Source »

...defend against what? Nearly all of the so-called "violence in Israel" has actually taken place in the Palestinian Occupied Territories, not in Israel. Israel is thankfully not in danger of being wiped out any time soon. Anyone who thinks that rock-throwing protesters in the Occupied Territories threaten Israel's existence has a very low opinion of the Israeli army's capabilities...

Author: By Darryl Li, | Title: The Fence is Not an Option | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

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