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...didn’t just prove her worth on the offensive end. Corriero was vital in killing a first-period 5-on-3 against the Big Green’s power play, ranked second in the nation entering the game. Earlier in the year, when Minnesota faced a similar 5-on-3, Dartmouth promptly scored two goals en route to handing the Golden Gophers their only loss this season...
...Iran bought centrifuges from Khan. The IAEA reports that the Khan network also provided Iran with blueprints to manufacture more P-1 and P-2 centrifuges. The Iranians say they wanted the centrifuges for civilian purposes, a claim the U.S. doubts. Either way, says a U.S. official, "Khan was vital" to the progress of Iran's nuclear program...
...House. As Ways and Means chairman, the portly, professorial Thomas has a huge say in how the government gets the billions it needs for its programs. For the White House, having Thomas at odds with the President means not just gaining an opponent but also losing a vital ally, one who in the first Bush term earned the moniker "the Mailman" for helping deliver three tax cuts and the Medicare prescription-drug benefit...
...limits." A studious lawyer and vintner from Bordeaux's village of La Br??de, Montesquieu sought no leveling of society. He proposed a system of checks and balances whereby the fiats and whims of France's Bourbon throne were limited by established laws and the countervailing powers of a vital, widely dispersed aristocracy...
...book by its cover. Olivia Koppell New York City Pakistan Responds Your report "Hiding In Plain Sight" [Nov. 29] claimed Pakistani authorities were ignoring Taliban fugitives who have taken refuge in our southern city of Quetta. No Taliban member is welcome in Pakistan. Our country is a key, vital partner of the U.S. in the war on terrorism. President Pervez Musharraf has ordered more than 70,000 troops to police Pakistan's southwestern border with Afghanistan. The President has repeatedly made it clear that he will spare no effort to rid Pakistan of all inimical foreign elements. Talat Waseem, Press...