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Just as Harvard had limited the potent Vermont offense to three shots on goal in the third period of the Crimson's 4-3 win Friday, Cornell held Harvard to only three shots in Saturday's final stanza...
...officials, including Arafat, were forbidden to travel into Israel or through it to get between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. "Arafat is now a prisoner in Gaza," says an Israeli Defense Ministry official. "He can't get to the West Bank even with a helicopter." Peres' most potent means of coercing Arafat was the threat of sending Israeli forces "to any corner" to track down terrorists--in other words, back into areas now under Arafat's control. That would be an outright violation of the accords and would destroy Arafat's credibility with his supporters...
Applied to mere sullen neurotics who attack others by withholding themselves, passive aggression is an item of banal psychological jargon. But down at its universal level, the term describes an unseen and mischievous jujitsu of history. It suggests the potent emotional antimatter that begins to glow like a dark crystal when people become disconnected from, and learn to mistrust or hate, the powers that control them (government, political process, corporation, parent, spouse...
...expected, the Commodores' most potent offensive weapon was third team All-American Sheri...
...perhaps the only true time this season, it was the senior line that not only scored for the Crimson but also led the way. The seniors sparked the team to lift its collective level to its full potential. Yes, Massachusetts, there is a potent Harvard hockey team, and it has emerged at the perfect time...