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...zero-sum game. The Big Green has skated to ties—and thus each side has left with a point—nine times in just 27 games. Every third night Dartmouth takes the ice, skates around for 65 minutes, throws up the white flag and forms a truce with its opponent. If I knew that I had essentially the same chance of seeing a draw as either a win or a loss, I’d stay home. Apparently 4000 strong in Hanover disagree with me. (Are there even 4000 people in Hanover...
...into office with nothing like a mandate, he has governed as if he has one. As a result, Americans are divided over every big item on his ambitious agenda. Just as the country can't bring the war in Iraq to a tidy conclusion, it can't declare a truce over the fact that Bush took us there. For those who support him, the policy of pre-emptive engagement is the ultimate sign of his visionary grasp of what is needed to fight and win the war on terror. "Something had to be done," says Kathie Tenner's husband Bruce...
...January, however, is unclear. Peace Threat SRI LANKA Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran warned the country's divided leadership he would revive his demands for an independent state if the peace process remained stalled. He denied accusations by President Chandrika Kumaratunga that the rebels are using the current truce as a cover to re-arm. Peace talks broke down last month when Kumaratunga said the government was making too many concessions to the Tigers. Hostage Handover COLOMBIA Leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) released two of the seven foreign tourists it had been holding hostage since Sept...
Greece, the International Olympic Committee and the E.U. want to use the tradition of the truce to encourage dialogue and peace...
Savvaidis said he also hopes the return of the Olympics to their birthplace will help to revive an ancient tradition know as the “Olympic truce,” which ensured that athletes from even rival factions could participate in the games and return to their native countries in safety...