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Harvard was up 44-40 with 14:52 left but could not widen that lead over the Orangewomen. Syracuse (6-3) fought back and capitalized on Harvard miscues to eventually pull out the victory...
Harvard (6-4) was up 44-40 with 14:52 left but could not widen that lead over the Orangewomen. Syracuse (6-3) fought back and capitalized on Harvard miscues to eventually pull out the victory...
With all the bad economic news these days, it's hard to believe every company isn't struggling just to survive. But for all the damage they do, recessions often help the best businesses widen their lead over the competition. "The true sign of greatness is a company's ability to emerge from difficult times stronger than it was going in," says Jim Collins, author of the just-published Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others...
...switching sides, the Taliban does not appear to be anywhere near collapse. Delegates assembled by Pakistan for an anti-Taliban confab this week suggested the bombing campaign had actually drawn many Pashtun groups towards the Taliban, which has reportedly begun distributing weapons to Pashtun civilians in order to widen the fight against the U.S. and the Northern Alliance. The reported capture and execution of legendary mujahedeen commander Abdul Haq by the Taliban on Friday deals a blow to efforts to forge an anti-Taliban coalition in the movement's own heartland. Opposition leaders remain confident that much of the Taliban...
This is a rift that Pakistani and U.S. intelligence officials are eager to widen. In the border cities of Quetta and Peshawar, Pakistani military intelligence agents are dusting off Afghan war veterans and putting them to work sending out feelers to fellow ex-commanders who are serving the Taliban. Those commanders are being urged to defect in exchange for bribes and the guarantee of a job in the next Afghan government. First indications are promising, according to anti-Taliban sources in both cities. When he asked about arms, one commander from Afghanistan's Nangarhar province was assured that anti-Taliban...