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...count on to make his life easier: Yasser Arafat's knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory; and the fact that Arafat's radical Islamic opposition shares the Israeli leader's distaste for the Oslo peace process. Sharon, a month after declaring Arafat "irrelevant" and trying in vain to convince the U.S. to do the same, nearly found himself in the uncomfortable position of having to renew political negotiations with Arafat before two incidents saved him. First, a boatload of weapons apparently meant for the Palestinian authority was intercepted by the Israelis. Then, Wednesday, a Hamas raid killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sharon (With a Little Help) Gets Arafat Back on the Ropes | 1/10/2002 | See Source »

...deficit to 64-62 on a third-chance layup with 21 seconds left, but the Crimson played out the remainder of the game to perfection. In an impressive display of keep-away, Peljto, Tubridy, Dunham and Cserny cycled the ball around the perimeter as the Huskies tried in vain to foul. Dunham was finally caught, but not before 19 seconds had run off the clock. Her two free throws iced the game...

Author: By David R. De remer, Tyson E. Hubbard, and Alex M. Sherman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: W. Hoops Enters Ivy Play With 8-4 Record | 1/4/2002 | See Source »

...attacks themselves that made him the international center of gravity for Islamist anti-American rage - it was the U.S. response, which was to name Osama bin Laden as the most dangerous man in the world and fire off a slew of cruise missiles onto two continents in a vain, almost panicky attempt to eliminate him and destroy his assets. Radical Islamists everywhere who might once have raised a skeptical eyebrow at the lofty pretensions of bin Laden's rhetorical tilting at the U.S. suddenly treated him with new respect. It was as if the scale of the Clinton administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Perils of Victory Without bin Laden | 12/18/2001 | See Source »

...third-chance layup with 21 seconds left, but the Crimson played out the remainder of the game to perfection. In an impressive display of keep-away, Peljto, Tubridy, sophomore Dirkje Dunham and freshman center Reka Cserny cycled the ball around the perimeter as the Huskies tried in vain to foul. Dunham was finally caught, but not before 19 seconds had run off the clock. Her two free throws iced the game...

Author: By David R. De remer, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: W. Hoops Earns Second Straight Come-From-Behind Victory | 12/13/2001 | See Source »

Hope that the gremlins in the Crimson’s computers don’t pixelate our photos. Hope is vain...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: FM Minute-by-Minute | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

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