Word: warriorism
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...lead that Harvard took into halftime could so easily have been twice or thrice that. Senior Steve Gaffney fanned on a close-in rebound after a corner; freshman Toure McCluskey made a great one-on-three attack at the Warrior defense and almost forced his shot through the fingers of opposing keeper Pete Doneit...
...happy ending. Someone even faxed the White House the headline from the New York Daily News: CLINTON 2, BULLIES 0! Clinton liked it so much he asked chief of staff Leon Panetta to get him a copy. So how was it that even as the forces of Operation Vigilant Warrior steamed into the Persian Gulf, Clinton's sweet victory became so sticky? The President won near universal praise for a fast and firm response to Saddam's latest challenge to Kuwait's security. But the minute the enemy seemed to be tamed, he had to contend with rambunctious allies: France...
...Duhamel, a political analyst and journalist, of the new book: "It shows Mitterrand was a nationalist, pro- Petain, but not a collaborator. I think you can also see, in his cooperation with the author, Mitterrand's desire to put his biographical house in order." In looking back, the old warrior shows unmistakable signs of looking forward to posterity as well. As he told Pean: "In such turbulent times, when one is so young, it's difficult to choose. I came out relatively well...
...road, Dole comes across as a much happier warrior than in the grim corridors of the Capitol. "My mother-in-law," he observes wryly, "tells me that I should smile more." He has good reason now. Though Dole turned 71 last month, chance has provided another pass at the prize he first sought in 1980. After he lost the nomination to George Bush in 1988, Dole recalls, he ! concluded that it "was probably the end. It seemed to me that that was my best shot." But serving as Senate G.O.P. leader under a Democratic President has allowed him to regain...
Constant understands the political power of Haiti's peasant religion. He often treats journalists to late-night voodoo rituals and trips to the sacred waterfall at Saut d'Eau as he calls for help from his loa, the warrior god who represents St. George. This Sunday, Constant is intent on communing with his loa at a temple in the valley north of Gonaives. By the time he arrives at the site -- a concrete hovel -- darkness has fallen. Inside is an altar topped with white lace, a cross and a merry christmas sign. At its base are rum bottles and skulls...