Word: won
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Ross, the first Jewish city councilor since 1951, recently won an election against an established politician through a quirky, volunteer-driven campaign...
...Augustine also won her second head-to-head duel with Harvard tri-captain Anya Cowan, who was named the first team keeper ahead of her. Cowan was busy, making seven saves, as Dartmouth outshot Harvard...
...handling the ball outside the penalty box and saving the game for the Eagles, Schaeffer had started in 57 straight games for the Eagles. Because of the card, she was forced to sit out the Eagles' next game against Uconn, which the Huskies won 2-1 in overtime...
...Washington won't be particularly surprised at coming under fire in Islamabad, which has long been considered one of the most vulnerable U.S. diplomatic outposts; in fact, most American diplomatic personnel were evacuated from the country as a precaution before last year's cruise missile strikes on Bin Laden's Afghanistan camps. But the incident is a major challenge to the authority of General Parvez Musharraf, who has done his best to assure the West that his coup will stabilize Pakistan. Foreign observers had been uncertain of how Musharraf planned to deal with the country's fundamentalist movement and with...
...York Times that the secretary of state has offered to "be the lightning rod for criticism" if the White House agrees to compromise on a deal to pay $1 billion in back dues the U.S. owes the United Nations. Negotiations have been stalled for months: House Conservatives won't release the cash unless the White House agrees to a ban on U.S. funding of all programs that promote abortion rights. Clinton's acceptance of the conservatives' language - allowing himself the loophole of executive waivers for specific cases - would ensure that the U.S. keeps its vote in the General Assembly...