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...when Fucito got the ball on a break- away play. The forward sprinted pass the defenders and charged the Catamount goalie. The goalie, realizing his dire situation, decided to take the dirty way out and blatantly took Fucito down inside the box. The referee was right there for the flagrant foul and promptly awarded a red card to sophomore Tom Critz. Fucito was awarded a penalty kick to be taken from the edge of the box. Hoff was chosen to take the kick and was able to put the Crimson on the board by hitting the top left corner...
...evacuate the wounded.The 50-strong Red Cross team in Tyre has had several narrow escapes since the war began - one of their ambulances was almost blown up by a missile fired from an Israeli jet. But Joudi admits he was surprised that they were attacked in such a flagrant fashion. "We have had near misses but they have never targeted us before," he says...
...almost saintly civility has always been part of Lieberman's modus operandi. His unflappable strength in facing down extremists of both parties-on issues ranging from welfare reform to immigration, the environment, education reform and Hollywood's frequent excesses-has been an elegant demonstration of political independence and flagrant humanity over the years. The real problem with Lieberman's position on Iraq isn't overweening civility, however. It is that he has abandoned his native moderation for utopian neoconservatism. His support for the invasion wasn't reluctant, nuanced or judicious; he saw a better world coming. Before...
...instead of dealing with these problems, as other sports have, FIFA, soccer's governing body, is a world leader in bloviation over action. The NBA outlawed trash talk and instituted a flagrant-foul rule to deal with dirty players. The National Hockey League, hardly a sport for wimps, also cracked down on thugs. The NHL decided to enforce the rules on hooking, holding and interfering when it became apparent that the chippy play was ruining the game by preventing players from using their talents--you can't skate with a stick up your behind. The result: when the refs cracked...
...Vietnam, Nixon in China and Man on the Moon it affects to study an ordinary day or so in the wholly extraordinary lives of its heroes. They are the clear-eyed innocents, imprisoned by fame ? but never for a moment blinded to the really flagrant foolishness of the adult world around them...