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...Taliban could also be stockpiling drugs in preparation for a possible onslaught on Afghanistan's drug lords. NATO defense ministers agreed at a summit in Budapest this month to use their soldiers in Afghanistan for the first time to attack opium laboratories and smuggling convoys, rather than simply destroy opium crops...
...score and no longer going against the wind, Harvard came out on the attack in the second half. “Once we were able to run at them and open them up a little bit, then things started to come together,” Fucito said.Harvard began its onslaught three minutes into the half, as Fucito sent a cross just wide. Two minutes later, Akpan followed with a shot saved by Murray. Stamatis also got into the action with an attempt, which went wide left in the 58th minute. Another six minutes passed before the Providence keeper knocked down...
...ultimately volatility might simply be part of working through the effects of the credit crunch. The world is undergoing a great deleveraging and all that unwinding has ramifications. At the same time, the onslaught of market moving news - economic data, corporate earnings, governmental action - keeps coming. There is a massive uncertainty in the air, and in a market it is perfectly logical - perhaps even necessary - for uncertainty to be reflected in asset prices. Uncertainty, as reflected in volatility, is legitimate information, too. In a panel discussion about volatility's implications, Morgan Stanley executive director Robert Shapiro took a step back...
...conscious electorate. But after Crist backed McCain on the subject, a majority of Floridians came onboard to the idea, provided there were sufficient environmental safeguards. The goodwill Crist built, however, has been undermined by the McCain campaign's insistence on turning the issue into a "Drill, baby, drill!" onslaught, says the Republican official in Tallahassee...
...Connecticut College will mark the end of an era, as the two senior captains wrap up their careers and don the Crimson speedo for the final time in a regular season game.HARVARD 14, QUEENS 6In stark contrast to yesterday’s effort, the Crimson enjoyed an offensive onslaught to open the weekend and end its eight-game losing streak. Tune led the attack with three goals, while freshmen Evan Zepfel and Mike Katzer each contributed two.“I think we met or exceeded our expectations,” Tune said. “I was just really...