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...India It will be a long time before a conclusion can be reached about the impact that the decision to invade Iraq has had on the long-term global interests of the U.S. Having initiated the war in Iraq, however, the U.S. must not be in a hurry to pull out, despite criticism and pressure. Instead of setting a time limit for eventual withdrawal, the U.S. must make certain Iraq is no longer a danger to the rest of the world and ensure that Saddam Hussein's Baath Party doesn't make a comeback soon after the U.S. leaves...
...which was scheduled for 2004 until NASA’s shuttle fleet was grounded in the wake of Columbia disaster—the Hubble will literally fall out of orbit. Instead of reinstating the cancelled servicing mission, however, NASA officials and the Bush administration have decided to pull the plug on the orbiting telescope. The administration’s recently released 2006 budget sets aside only $93 million for Hubble (out of a total NASA budget of $2.5 billion), $75 million of which will be spent to ensure the telescope safely crashes into the ocean...
McLean-Foreman managed to pull out the 1,000-meter win, in dramatic fashion by barely edging David Nightingale of Princeton by .16 seconds to finish with a time...
After the break, the Crimson took control of the contest, scoring once in the third quarter to pull even at 2. Harvard beat Bucknell goalie Mandy Bynum three times in the fourth to cap off the 4-0 second run and the 5-2 victory...
Trailing 4-2 at halftime, the Crimson watched as Princeton recorded the first two goals of the third quarter, before Harvard finally stopped the bleeding with a much needed tally. But the Crimson could pull no closer, as the Tigers added two fourth quarter goals to defeat Harvard by a four-goal margin...