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...have the makings of a team that is as good, if not better, than that team,” he says.Through three years with the Crimson, Jenkins saw the field mainly as a late-inning defensive replacement or a right-handed pinch hitter, but was thrust unexpectedly into the starting nine down the stretch of last season when Byrne went down with an injury. In the second game of a Sunday doubleheader in Providence, Harvard desperately needed a win to keep pace with the Bears in the standings Jenkins came up to the plate in the fourth inning with...
...fits in a February contest in Ithaca, pouring in 16 points and grabbing 11 boards in Cornell’s 85-61 win.Where was she?As it turns out, Maduka rushed home after Friday night’s heartbreaking 46-44 loss to Dartmouth—a defeat that thrust Harvard into a first-place tie with Cornell before Saturday’s game. Cornell’s two-sport star decided to forgo the second game of the weekend to compete in the Indoor Heps track and field competition in Ithaca.Maybe it was the right call: Maduka set school...
...anything, the Israeli assault has steeled Gazans' support for Hamas. As one housewife in Jabalya watched the injured victims of an Israeli air strike being carted into an ambulance, she shouted, "Keep hitting them with rockets. Take revenge for our children." Military sources say that after the initial thrust, the cabinet is now deciding whether to pull back or go into Gaza much harder and deeper, with division-strength troop numbers, to crush Hamas' organization and leadership. This is likely to be postponed until after the U.S. Secretary of State returns home, probably empty-handed, from her talks with Olmert...
...When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to visible positions. I was 31, I'd never worked in Washington. Was I ready for this large and visible job? Still he wanted the credit. So he gave me the job but diminished the job. I had a lower rank, lower pay. In Washington, you take away the symbols of status and you take away the status. I had more responsibility than authority. I tell that story because I think that's something that happens...
Given the scenes Monday of microphones being thrust into doorways stormed by riot police, and the virtual integration of journalists within the operation, there is no doubt the media was a desired presence. But by whom? Participating reporters said they were alerted as early as last Friday by officials of unions representing police officers. Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie strongly condemned those "leaks that produced such significant media attention to this operation" - ones that she noted "could have had grave consequences" for its success. Other government officials similarly scoffed at the notion of Sarkozy or his cabinet else risking...