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...that the members of the Salient should be aware of potential threats in response to the publication of the cartoons. (See story page A3) “Please be alert to the possibility that some segments of the campus and surrounding communities may be sufficiently upset by the publication of the cartoons that they may become dangerous,” Kidd wrote. Beyond her warning, neither the Salient nor its staff faced reprimands from Harvard officials as a result of the publication. Meanwhile, members of The Daily Illini found themselves under intense scrutiny across campus after publishing the cartoons...
...bronze medals, a disappointment for a unit that had golden aspirations. On Friday, the Americans fell in a semifinal shocker to Sweden, 3-2, in a shootout. The result, which will have long-term reverberations in women’s hockey, was surely the sport’s biggest upset ever on the international stage. Since 1990 and the inception of the world championships, the United States and Canada had lost only to each other, and were universally forecasted to meet in the gold-medal game for the third straight Olympiad. The Americans captured the inaugural crown in Nagano...
...twelve-point game. The desperate run was launched too late to alter the outcome, however, and although Brown did not make a field goal the rest of the way, a 7-of-10 performance from the free throw line in the final minutes ensured the completion of the upset. “[Brown] just pushed us around,” Stehle said. “They came into our gym and really just embarrassed us.”Skrelja, a freshman forward with a season high of five points entering the game, had racked up 12 by halftime. He finished...
...shot selection was great, the shooting percentage was better, and the Harvard women’s basketball team owned nearly every statistical category—but a fatal case of butterfingers soured the Crimson’s upset bid at Brown on Friday night. Harvard (8-13, 4-4 Ivy) could only watch as Brown (14-8, 8-1 Ivy) poured in 30 points off 24 turnovers—19 in the second half—en route to a 66-61 comeback win in the final seven minutes. It was the second time a victory over the Bears eluded...
...Rice's first stop in Egypt is a closed-door session with Maj. Gen. Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian intelligence and an key Arab interlocutor with the Palestinians. Soon after the radical group Hamas stunned the world by winning an upset victory in the Jan. 26, Palestinian parliamentary elections, Sulieman added his voice to those of U.S., European and United Nations leaders in calling on Hamas to recognize Israel, abandon violence and commit to talks aimed at establishing a peaceful Palestinian state...