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...took us a little time to get our shooting down,” Purcell said, reflecting on all three of the Crimson’s games. “I think that even though [our ability to capitalize on shooting opportunities] is something we lost, it’s something that’s easily correctable. I think just this week with practice working on that, we shouldn’t have any problems in the future...
...state Democratic Party in nearly four years, and it's easy to see that the episode gnaws at him. "The loss in the 2006 primary was as difficult a moment personally as I've had," he says. (Lieberman entered the race as an independent that fall and won a three-way contest.) (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...about a little love for Marit Bjoergen? Who's that, you ask? She's the Norwegian woman who won three golds, a silver and a bronze in cross-country skiing, and epic achievement for a country that obsesses over that sport. Most Americans are a little guilty of viewing the Olympics through a parochial, U.S.-centric lens. So here's to you, Ms. Bjoergen, undisputed queen of the Olympics. And you, Simon Ammann, the Swiss ski jumper who won his third and fourth career Olympic medals, a new ski-jumping Olympic record. And you, figure skater...
Ricardo Zapata, a disaster-evaluation chief for the Santiago-based Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), cites three levels of damage in the Chile quake. The first was the collapse of older, pre-1960 buildings, many of which were further damaged because they were constructed too close to one another. The second was the failure of newer buildings like Concepción's apartment high-rises, which, while not pancaking like poorly built structures did during Haiti's 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 12, in many cases tilted over and broke, because even the strongest foundations...
...Gates also criticized NATO for buying the wrong weapons for the wrong war - a criticism he has consistently directed at the U.S. military as well during his three-year tenure, chiding it for buying wonder weapons for hypothetical wars while soldiers fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq lack armor and spy drones. "Despite the need to spend more on vital equipment for ongoing missions, the alliance has been unwilling to fundamentally change how it sets priorities and allocates resources," Gates said. He praised Denmark for giving up its submarine fleet - who knew? - in order to double the size of its expeditionary...