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That couldn’t have been more true Saturday night against Union. The Crimson took a 4-0 lead into the final six minutes of play against the Dutchmen, but almost let the advantage slip away. Union scored three times in that time span, two of those coming in a six-on-four situation with under a minute...
...enemy. Though some Marja refugees said that many Afghan Taliban may have fled, they also said a large contingent of more zealous Pakistani fighters stayed behind, bent on martyrdom. That is possible; after decades of war, Afghans have developed a keen instinct about when to fight, and when to slip away...
Also on this day, Secretary LaHood lets slip instructions for Toyota owners to "stop driving." He later says he misspoke, but not before Toyota's stock takes a blow. He also says the government had to pressure Toyota before the company would take care of the recall-related problems. (See the most exciting cars...
...been experiencing throughout the deployment was becoming nearly total. "First Platoon had become insane," declared platoon-member Sergeant John Diem flatly. "What does an infantry rifle platoon do? It destroys. That's what it's trained to do. Now turn that 90 degrees to the left, and let slip the leash, and it becomes something monstrous. It's not even aware of what it's doing...
...ball right after to expose the Quakers’ weak ball handling. After consequent substitutions by both teams, Alemany blocked an attempted shot to keep Penn from gaining any momentum. Five minutes later, the home team still couldn’t come up with a basket, letting the game slip away...