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...pull a Bode in figure skating? I wondered and lamented as I headed back to Salt Lake City for the skating. I put the question to my colleague, Alice Park, as we sat at the Delta Center waiting for the final group to skate. "Well," she explained patiently to her skating-challenged friend, "it's because if Hughes skates great and Cohen's behind her then she has to beat Kwan. But if she does that, then Slutskaya has to beat Kwan for Hughes to win, because if Slutskaya is second to Kwan tonight then the short program is brought...
After hitting his fifth three-pointer of the first half to give the Crimson a 30-20 lead, Harvey had to be liking Harvard’s chances to pull off an upset at Jadwin...
When the Tigers cut the score to 53-52 with 11:55 left, the Crimson finally started to pull away. Freshman Rochelle Bell came off the bench to set up sophomore Kate Ides for a conventional three-point play, and co-captain Laura Barnard followed up with a three-pointer on Harvard’s next possession that made the score 59-52. The Tigers never came within striking distance again...
...EAST E.U. Peace Bid European leaders sought to end the political stalemate in the Middle East by proposing a new plan providing for Palestinian legislative elections followed by recognition of a Palestinian state. The plan, unveiled by E.U. Foreign Ministers at a meeting in Spain, calls on Israel to pull back from West Bank towns and allow Palestinians to campaign for a referendum followed by council elections...
Nowhere is there greater concern about the crisis in Zimbabwe than in the one country that, by itself, has the means to make or break Robert Mugabe: neighboring South Africa. But President Thabo Mbeki doesn't yet appear ready to pull the plug on the man who's giving him so many sleepless nights...