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Emily Vitt will vie for the starting spot in goal, while Lindsey Weaver looks for a partner to join on the Crimson blue line...
...greater or lesser degrees, Bush, Howard Dean, Lieberman and Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., all studied at Yale in the 1960s. Now, backed by legions of Harvard staffers, these four Elis hope to rise above the inadequacies of their alma mater to vie for America’s most prestigious...
...Aliyev's succession plan, notes a longtime observer of the Caucasus, "depended on the old man being around for a couple more years to pull the strings." But now a messy and perhaps violent period of instability appears to be looming as opposition leaders at home and in exile vie with the ruling élite for control of the country. There is a lot to fight for. Azerbaijan remains miserably poor - the average salary is around $50 a month - but has enormous energy resources, including some of the world's largest natural gas reserves and rich oil fields...
RAISE THE RED LANTERN. Under an arranged marriage, Songlian (Gong Li) enters the residential compound of a wealthy Chinese man. She becomes caught amidst the scheming of his other wives, who live in separate houses and vie constantly for their husband’s attention. The exquisite film, directed by Zhang Yimou (Hero), offers a bleak view of upper-class family life in 1920s China. Raise the Red Lantern screens Thursday, August...
Davis' fate has had a seismic effect on Republicans in California and Washington, though for different reasons. As Republican state hopefuls--possibly including Arnold Schwarzenegger--line up to vie for Davis' job, the White House is keeping its distance. With eyes fixed on the next presidential election, the White House would rather see a deeply unpopular Democratic Governor stay in his job, which might help Bush's chances of winning the state in 2004--something no Republican has done since a different George Bush won there...