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...violence-torn Mexican city is a warning of impending tragedy. The first responders on call on this particular night had already seen plenty of action: a man with a bullet embedded in his skull; a beaten corpse dumped on a street corner; a blood-soaked drunk who tried to pull a policeman's gun from his holster. But the worst had been waiting until last. Someone was calling in from the middle of a firefight raging in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of town. Several men had been shot, said the hysterical caller, and were bleeding to death...
...idealists fighting for a better life. The specter of the current student movement turning violent in frustration - and being joined by other people frightened about their own future as recession closes in - is what Reynié and many other experts think was behind the government's decision to momentarily pull its education reform back...
...season after an 11-point performance Nov. 22 at Colorado. After the Lin-led run, Harvard would remain within striking distance for the next four minutes, closing the gap to eight at 62-54 following another three from McNally with 3:47 to go. From there, however, GW would pull away, going on an 11-2 run. “The way we ended the first half and started the second half [was critical],” Housman said. “We went on runs, but it was too much of a hole to climb...
...assists from Tay, who would go on to post an entertaining run of her own. With the score at 48-28, the senior dropped eight points in five minutes, adding a one-handed floater after a quick crossover under the net with about five minutes to play and a pull-up jumper to bring the score to 54-30. Tay entered the record books with a spectacular wraparound shot, all while switching hands in mid-air to become the 13th player in the program’s history to reach the historic mark. Harvard opened up the first half strong...
...going to be denied tonight and that showed on the court,” Rollins said. “We had to battle for every basket. I don’t think that anyone was ahead by more than five points the entire night, but we were able to pull it out in the end.” By the time there was a little over five minutes left in the first half, the Crimson had pulled ahead 26-18 with another lay-up by Rollins. Momentum shifted again, however, as the play of Vermont’s junior forward...