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Khalilzad is searching for answers. TIME accompanied him last week on a whirlwind round of parleys with the key political players, providing a glimpse into how he navigates through the complexities of Iraqi politics. He revealed plans to hold a conference at which he hopes to press Iraq's political leaders to reach agreement on a new, pluralistic government of national unity. "We'll work together day and night until we finish the job," he says. Khalilzad told TIME that if the conference succeeds and the parties settle other disputed issues, the U.S. may be able to pull out some...
...Senior Lance Salsgiver led a solid Crimson attack with five hits and two walks in twelve plate appearances. Brown and senior Josh Klimkiewicz hit the sole Crimson home runs of the weekend in Friday’s loss. The next stop on Harvard’s annual whirlwind March tour is Old Westbury, N.Y., where the team will play the New York Institute of Technology. The Crimson won the only game between the two squads in 2005.FLORIDA 17, HARVARD 6For three innings yesterday, Harvard hung tough with one of the best clubs in the SEC. Then it relived the nightmare...
Junior Siddharth Suchde’s whirlwind 2006 tour has come to a close. After having an undefeated team season, Suchde was seeded as the No. 1 player in the nation coming into this weekend’s CSA Individual National Championships and fell to three-time defending champion Yasser El Halaby of Princeton, 3-0, in the finals. “It was fitting that it was Sid and Yasser,” said captain Will Broadbent. “They are the two best college players in the nation.” Suchde shut out every opponent...
Democratic strategists and former Clinton aides Paul Begala and James Carville led the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on a whirlwind tour of the problems facing their party last night, promising the “election of a lifetime” in 2008. Almost exactly a year after CNN announced the cancellation of their talk show “Crossfire,” Begala and Carville released a new book in January, “Take It Back,” a strategy guide for Democrats to oust Republicans and restore Clinton-era politics. “The Democrats...
...China's silver medalists almost didn't make it to the Olympic podium. Just seconds into their routine, the pair attempted a throw quadruple Salchow, a whirlwind move so tricky that no one has ever completed it in competition. Zhang Dan landed in an ungainly split and crashed into the side of the rink. In obvious agony, the tiny 20-year-old hobbled to the side before returning a couple of minutes later. The pair went on to perform a nearly flawless routine, even though Zhang Dan was so sore she could barely complete her runner-up victory...