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Trailing 33-21 just moments after halftime, the Big Red tightened up defensively, outscoring the Crimson 18-10 to pull within four midway through the second period. But that would be as close as Cornell would get, as Harvard’s hot shooting down the stretch propelled it past...
...good news for John Kerry is that he didn't pull an Al Gore. Instead of moping around after the election, putting on weight and growing a beard, the 2004 Democratic nominee is back attacking Bush's health-care plan, skewering his nominee for Secretary of State during confirmation hearings, and booking a comeback interview on Meet the Press. The bad news for Kerry, if he wants to try again in '08, is that there's a boatful of other Democrats already testing the waters with the party's top fund raisers...
...properly balanced over his skis. And overall this season, especially in the high-speed, less technical events, Miller is staying on course and in control. Coaches credit his talent for recovering from hopeless situations. Miller has always been what some commentators call a "recovery artist," a skier who can pull himself back from the brink by sheer athletic ability. In early January at the Adelboden race in Switzerland, he skipped the warm-up run, lost his pole a quarter of the way down on his first run, nearly crashed at the bottom, and still finished just 0.18 sec. off first...
...calling when he read a magic book. He dubbed himself the Great Carsoni and quickly learned - or found within himself, the secrets of conjuring -misdirection, poise, timing, a commanding personality -which are also the secrets of standup comedy. His model was Jack Benny, the radio comedian. Benny could pull a laugh out of a sour audience with only a pause and a stare, which was pretty daring for an aural medium. Dick Cavett, who would later write for Carson and host his own talk show on ABC and PBS -and who at 13 saw Carson, then 23 and back from...
...chaos that has characterized almost two years of occupation, are nothing short of catastrophic politically. If the U.S. had been vindicated by events, the size of its coalition of those willing to help out in Iraq would have grown; instead it continues to steadily shrink as countries pull their troops...