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...Saudi Arabia last week, a camel named "no to terrorism" finished second in the annual race that begins the Janadriya cultural festival. That was probably heartening for Crown Prince Abdullah, who watched the race, since it reinforced the message of his current antiterrorism propaganda campaign. The word is everywhere. There are electric billboards in downtown Riyadh flashing slogans like islam is moderation and say no to terrorism. Indeed, after the camel race-and a banquet featuring tables groaning with whole lambs (one animal for every 10 diners, I estimated)-there was an opera celebrating the royal family, climaxed...
...Muslims have done this, at least in part, because they were funded by Saudi charities and educated in radical Islamist schools around the world designed by Saudi clerics, as was Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, the Saudi American charged last week with plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush. Crown Prince Abdullah would have us believe that those days are over, and there is some evidence to support him. The Saudis launched a major campaign to roll up local al-Qaeda cells after terrorists brought the war home to Riyadh, attacking housing compounds and killing...
...threats if it hopes to hold off Brown’s bid for second place in the Ivy League. With just five games left in the season, a pair of Harvard victories would give the Crimson a late advantage in the race to challenge Dartmouth for the Ivy League crown...
Harvard would clinch the division crown with a win or, assuming it prevails over a struggling Vermont squad on Saturday, a tie. The Crimson holds that edge on the merit of a resounding 6-3 win over Dartmouth in Hanover three weeks...
Instead, Bright’s last home game saw the Crimson crown its newest, staunchest “wall” of a goaltender, in Welch’s words. And its newest winningest rookie coach. And its newest “biggest punk in Harvard hockey history...