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...other side of Auckland, Detective Sergeant James Watson has been won over by Key. In a year in which violent crime has risen by 12%, the would-be P.M. has played the tough guy to good effect, winning broad public approval for proposals including boot camp for young offenders and the scrapping of parole for hard-core criminals. "I'm not having, on my watch, people on the streets who've committed heinous crimes," Key told a national television audience. He's also made familiar right-of-center noises on education, foreshadowing national standards for literacy and numeracy, and plain...
...going to get old, but finally the wheels came off and the run was over.Now, the Ivy League has changed, the competition is better, but Yale is still prancing around in an ugly grey Kazakh journalist suit and a porn star mustache.Still, while Columbia has impressed me with its toughness and the Lions took care of business against Dartmouth last week, Yale still has a little mileage to get out of its green mankini, especially at home.Prediction: Yale 24, Columbia 20PRINCETON (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) AT CORNELL (3-3, 1-2 Ivy)This is a pretty boring game featuring...
...While a blowout may be expected, Harvard knows that it must not overlook the Big Green. “It doesn’t feel like it’s ever come easy,” Murphy said. “They’re tough, physical kids, they’re well-coached, and they have a lot of pride.”Barring a complete meltdown for the Crimson, Harvard will move one game closer to the annual Harvard-Yale showdown—and one step closer to another Ivy League Championship...
...have no doubt he’s going to make a big contribution to the team.”“It would be unwise to count Dan out of any race,” captain Chas Gillespie added. “He’s so tough. The way he runs, he’s full of energy. He’s got this tenacity. It’s quite amazing to see actually.”On the women’s side, sophomores Claire Richardson and Jamie Olson look to lead the way to another successful...
...Saif Abukeshek when he became an online activist, and he'll give you the same answer as many of his Palestinian peers: after the second intifada erupted, in 2000. That explosion of violence in the occupied territories brought about a tough lockdown on Palestinian mobility by Israeli forces and produced the right conditions for a home-grown, grass-roots activism - frustrated youth trapped inside all day with nothing but the TV and the internet to turn to. "It's a way to achieve effective non-violent resistance," says Abukeshek, 27, who is from the West Bank city of Nablus...