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...largest law firms, Williams has his life rattled by the appearance of a ne’er-do-well school friend from Ireland. Geordie literally shows up on Danny’s doorstep with ?50,000 in stolen money and intentions of staying with him long enough to avoid the Loyalist militia types who are after their money...
...bands were out with their usual fanfare on Sunday night, but by Monday morning the crowds were back on the street in a different mood. The news that the latest electoral results showed that front-runner Rene Preval's lead had dropped slightly below the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff was greeted with barricades of burning tires that shut down the city, as his supporters demanded that electoral officials certify that Preval was the undisputed winner. Even members of the provisional electoral council and some independent observers questioned the tabulation procedure, fueling the anger of a disquieted population...
...pretty good sense of what my values are and where I'm coming from. That's not something I worry about. . . Politically, I'm very secure. Obviously, things change rapidly, but the typical course for someone like myself who is in a strong position politically is to avoid engagement or conflict. Nobody would know if I didn't write to Daily Kos. I had voted against Roberts, so it wasn't like criticism was raining down...
RETURNED. SAM RAINSY, 56, outspoken Cambodian opposition leader; to his home country; ending a year of self-imposed exile in France to avoid imprisonment on charges of defaming the government; in Phnom Penh. Rainsy, who fled Cambodia last February after being stripped of his parliamentary immunity, was sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for linking Prime Minister Hun Sen to a fatal grenade attack at an opposition rally in 1997. Last week Rainsy received a pardon from King Norodom Sihamoni after issuing a statement expressing regret and pledging to temper his criticism of the country's leaders...
...Harvard women’s ice hockey team may have escaped the snowstorm in Boston on its weekend road trip, but it certainly could not avoid the blizzard. The No. 8 Crimson (12-8-4, 7-4-4 ECAC) was blown away by Ivy rival Princeton (14-6-4, 10-3-2 ECAC) Friday night by a 6-1 margin. Although Harvard rallied to knock off Quinnipiac (9-16-5, 3-12-3 ECAC) Saturday with a 3-0 shutout, the stunning result against the Tigers left Harvard with an uphill battle in the regular season’s final...