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...geared up their war machines to a level not seen in 30 years. Colossus India ranged tanks and troops in strike formations along the border, deployed warships in the Arabian Sea and moved medium-range missiles-capable of carrying nuclear warheads-closer to Pakistan. A plan was publicized to pull camouflage tarps over the stately Taj Mahal to protect it from air raids. Vulnerable Pakistan moved troops and hardware from its border with Afghanistan, where they were supposed to be stopping fleeing al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters, to its Indian border, although it did so without publicity. Both countries have...
...tight game and we just knew that we needed to clamp down at the end,” said Winter, who chipped in eight points to go along with a team-high seven boards. “Our ability to pull out the close games has definitely improved. That has a lot to do with our experience, I think...
Harvard was up 44-40 with 14:52 left but could not widen that lead over the Orangewomen. Syracuse (6-3) fought back and capitalized on Harvard miscues to eventually pull out the victory...
Harvard was outrebounded on the offensive end, 14-13, but Syracuse was able to pull down the most important boards, getting more than its fair share of second-chance opportunities...
...doesn't like to read, and watching the news just upsets him," says an insider. When the crowd is gone and his phone stops ringing, he lapses into long periods of silence. So why bother suffering through this? Why not just leave? Why not do a Fujimori or pull a Peron and head for a friendly country? "I'd rather face all the charges than leave the country," he says. "If I was guilty of what they accuse me, I would have run away...