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...faceoffs, 9-2, a slight advantage in shots, 20-19, and was tied with the Bulldogs in groundballs, 11-11.Harvard came out strong in the second half, scoring three goals in the first four minutes. One minute into the third period, Motschwiller drove past his defender on the left wing and scored on a diving shot for his ninth of the season.“It’s good to put one in, but the win is the most important thing because we can enjoy that as a team,” Motschwiller said.Less than two minutes after Motschwiller?...
Napolitano, Janet • Homeland Security report about the threat of "right-wing terrorists" leads to demands for resignation of as department secretary by conservative House Republicans apparently oblivious to the fact that they're not in charge anymore and nobody has to do anything just because they want them...
...larger question for the GOP is whether in this and other matters it will risk a Faustian bargain with Beck, whose apocalyptic take on U.S. politics generates instant support from an angry, vocal minority but is unsettling to the mainstream. Embracing the populist wing of the party worked in the wake of 9/11, but contributed to the electoral disasters of 2006 and 2008. It may take more time for centrist Americans to sour on big government and higher spending than the GOP's activist right wing would like, but true conservatives are patient...
...young lawyer he married into one of Venezuela's cogollo (élite) families and then, as one of the country's smartest bankers, learned to swim in its prodigious and often corrupt oil industry. But while many of Venezuela's business and financial titans have chafed under the left-wing revolution Hugo Chávez began a decade ago, Vargas and his Banco Occidental de Descuento (Venezuela's fifth largest) have thrived. (See a video clip of Barack Obama meeting Hugo...
...problem that Obama faces now that his first 100 days is nearly complete. There are those who mistake his quiet, deliberative style for softness. There is the fear that he won't have the strength to stand up to the Israelis (or the Iranians) or to the left wing of his party on health care or to the porkers on the defense budget. On the other hand, there are three dead Somali pirates who attest to this President's ability to make tough decisions in a timely fashion. Obama won't stand up to everyone, always; he is, after...