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...which should translate into a ranking in the low 60s nationally. That should be high enough for a 14th seed in the tourney. With more tournament upsets and some favoritism from the selection committee, the Crimson could even manage a 13th seed. Such a high seed allows Harvard to avoid powerhouses such as UConn, Tennessee, Stanford, Duke and Oklahoma in the first round...
...that place is cleared. It will be a hard, cave-to-cave fight that will probably mean more U.S. casualties. And the longer U.S. forces remain deployed, the greater the pressure will be to take on more of the "nation-building" responsibility the Bush administration has tried hard to avoid...
...avoid a breakdown in negotiations before they even get off the ground, several unanswered questions must be discussed openly. The situation of the Golan Heights must be resolved before this proposal could receive Syrian support. Talks over refugees’ right of return must begin before any plan could receive the backing of states like Lebanon, which houses over 300,000 Palestinian refugees...
...decade ago, the diplomatic fallout of Gulf War I saw Israel being dragged reluctantly into negotiations with Palestinian representatives that laid the foundation for the Oslo Accords. Sharon can be counted on to do everything in his power to avoid history repeating itself...
...MIVIP is still a cumbersome and limited device. It hasn't given Marie her normal vision back. At best, it can help restore mobility by helping people avoid obstacles, recognize landmarks in unfamiliar environments and detect very simple shapes. "This is not true vision," Veraart stresses. "And it's definitely not a cure for blindness. It's something to help people better cope with their impairment. It's like a wheelchair: it doesn't help people walk again, but it does help them get around. As a technological solution, that's not bad at all." Marie agrees. She has undergone...