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...military sources and Western diplomats, say that while Syrian President Bashar Assad may be willing to help pull the Bush Administration out of the Iraqi quicksand, he hopes to exact concessions that would allow him to treat Lebanon, where the Syrian regime has vast financial interests, as his private turf. And according to these same sources, he is unnerved by a U.N.-sponsored inquiry that implicates top Syrian officials in the February 2005 car bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. Assad is hoping that the international probe will peter out. Indictments issued...
...their deliberation.Then, surprise of surprises, the dark-horse Sinister Turns end up with first prize! After Hours takes second, leaving the Bulldogs’ bands to slink away empty handed, their tails between their legs. Maybe they’ll have better luck next year, on their own turf. As the dregs of the tailgaters begin lumbering toward the second half of an embarrassing athletic spectacle inside Harvard Stadium, everyone who rocked is well aware that the most important battle of the day has already been fought and won by the fair Crimson...
...even a dynamo like Ghosn, successfully run two carmakers? He could keep his hands full with Renault alone. Like other European carmakers, Renault is grappling with high labor costs, slim profit margins and surging competition on its home turf from Toyota. Yet Ghosn, characteristically, has set ambitious goals for Renault, aiming to add new models, lift profit margins to 6% in 2009, from 2.5% today, and sell an additional 800,000 cars a year. "Everybody knows what I mean by commitment," he says, "and I'm very serious about that...
...succeed. An elite college student is either a well-rounded jack-of-all-trades or a specialist in one discipline. The admits who have a strong background in the liberal arts have already proven their all-around excellence; the specialists have demonstrated that they can flourish on their own turf and should not be subjected to fields that may hold them back. In fact, the one thing they share is an inability to benefit from a core curriculum...
...that I really wanted for my own individual goals. I wanted, first and foremost, to win an Ivy League championship.”The problem seems to be a Franklin Field curse.In the team’s 2004 undefeated season, the Crimson beat Penn badly on its home turf, but other than that it has been all Quakers.Before the Ryan Fitzpatrick era, the squad had not won since 1980 at Franklin.Despite Penn’s lackluster record, there is something about the field and atmosphere that prevents strong play.Whether or not the curse exists Harvard, the bottom line...