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Colgate might try to emulate Brown’s success against Harvard by playing defensive-minded hockey and hoping to capitalize on counterattacking chances. If so, Harvard will have to show improvement from previous weeks to avoid another upset loss...
...taxi driver tried to avoid them by saying something in Pashto. But then he stopped, rushed towards their commander, and said something pointing towards me. I kept sitting, not knowing what was going to happen...
Harvard decided it was more important to stay with Charleston in each race to avoid losing ground than to win individual races...
...mercy mission. Back then, supporting the mujahedeen was simply a way of weakening America's Cold War enemy; the purpose of the current war is to destroy the anti-American terrorist infrastructure that had taken root in Afghanistan. This time, however, the U.S. would do well to avoid simply walking away from Afghanistan, as tempting as that option may become once Al Qaeda's infrastructure there has been destroyed and the complexities of Afghan politics defy easy solutions...
...Talk is already turning to the future government, even elections. The plan is to call a Loyat Jirga, a national gathering of all Afghanistan's tribal chiefs to debate the shape of the country's new order. Atta says all the commanders are anxious to avoid a repeat of 1992 when, after defeating the Soviets, rival commanders turned on each other and fought pitched battles on the streets of the capital. "This time we want to have democracy," he says. "We have to keep the people with...