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...combat mission; they were engineers and specialists who were supposed to repair roads, hospitals and schools and train a new Haitian police force. Some carried only sidearms, some no guns at all. Clinton decided he could not risk sending them ashore and ordered the Harlan County to pull up anchor and steam away. At U.S. request, the U.N. Security Council voted to reimpose as of midnight Monday an embargo on oil and arms shipments to Haiti. An earlier embargo had pushed the Haitian military leaders into agreeing to let Aristide resume power on Oct. 30. But this time they answered...
...time in the Harvard record books.But while many members of the team had outstanding individual performances, it wouldn’t be all fun and games for the Crimson men. With many of Harvard’s male athletes injured, it would have been difficult for the Crimson to pull out a victory against the Bulldogs.“In the 4x100, freshman Chuma Ogunwole was sick and tore his hamstring,” Geloneck said. “We messed up the handoff, and were disqualified.”Rookie Jon Dingus also sat out on the sidelines with...
Super Size Fee. Overweight baggage isn't the only thing incurring extra fees these days. United Airlines has a new policy for obese passengers - people who can't buckle the seatbelt with one extender, or can't pull down the armrest - asking them to buy a second coach ticket or upgrade to the wider business class seats on crowded flights. Oversized passengers will be accommodated at no charge if there are empty seats on the plane, but on full flights, they'll be bumped and seated on a later flight or given a refund. The airline says the new policy...
...minute to complete a hat trick and re-capture the lead at 6-5. Columbia responded by rattling off four straight goals in a little over three minutes to take the largest lead of the game at 9-6. Halpern broke Columbia’s scoring run, though, to pull the game within two halfway through the second half in a back-and-forth contest. “Their coach is a fighter,” Flood said. “[Harvard coach Lisa] Miller actually coached Columbia’s coach, so I’m sure...
...brightest. While tempers may remain calm as leaders in Washington and Tehran test the waters of engagement, Lebanon can't have a separate peace of its own for long. So there's one more reason for Lebanese to fasten their seat belts: if the Obama administration can't pull off a regional peace deal, there may well be another civil...