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...first twenty minutes of the game, we really did that.” The Crimson’s penalty kill was a large part of its success, holding Clarkson scoreless—and allowing only three shots—in four one-man advantage opportunities. The unit was most effective in the third period, using an aggressive forecheck to prevent the Golden Knights from setting up their power play. Despite benefiting from two Harvard penalties, Clarkson managed only one shot on net and hardly threatened Boe. “I was very pleased with our penalty kill tonight...
...advantage into halftime, then took Columbia’s best punch coming out of the gates in the second half. Columbia, on the strength of a 14-2 run to open the half, even took a brief two-point edge with 13:22 remaining before a resilient Harvard unit tied the game at 42. With seven straight points from shooting guard Jim Goffredo, the Crimson surged to a 49-42 lead it would not surrender...
...Dina Rasor, an investigator who helped uncover the Pentagon procurement scandals of the 1980s. "Normal oversight systems have not been in place," Rasor says. "Troops are getting what they don't need but not getting what they do need. One soldier told us that although his unit could not get enough armor, it got a 60-in., $15,000 plasma TV to watch the daily brief, but the dust ruined it--just like it did the nine others they got to replace the first...
...also expect questions on the Hill about what is not being spent. Case in point: the Marine Corps, traditionally the most frugal of the services, has borne the brunt of the burden of fighting in Iraq, yet has seen billions pared from its funding. The Marines' new special-ops unit--a pet project of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's--wanted $65 million for such equipment as sophisticated nightscopes and computer-mapping systems, but the Administration refused the request. The Marines are still flying around Iraq in Vietnam-era helicopters--yet $1 billion was cut from the program for the choppers...
PlayStation Portable Actors Jorge Garcia and Dominic Monaghan are big PSP gamers, and they can watch the show's two-part pilot episode on Sony's handheld unit. A Universal Media Disc version was released at the same time as the DVDs, with all the same bonus features...