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Like fellow Texan switch-hitter Lance Berkman—a former Rice standout and current all-star leftfielder with the Houston Astros—the 6’4, 215-lb. Hendricks is only beginning to scratch his potential. Hendricks models his swing after the Astros star, driving the ball to all fields from both sides of the plate...
...refrained from assassinating Yasser Arafat is U.S. pressure. The administration knew of the Israeli desire to eliminate Sheikh Yassin, for the simple reason that Shron's government had tried and failed to do so late last year. The Bush administration's first response came from National Security Adviser Condelezza Rice, whose refusal to condemn the killing and her statements rationalizing by pointing to Yassin's terror connection suggested that there had certainly been no "red line" drawn in this instance. And that's more than enough for Hamas. The military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group issued a statement warning...
Many people know sake as a hot, often medicinal drink served at Japanese restaurants. But the rice wine is breaking out of its place in the U.S. as a mere sushi sidekick. More refined artisanal and premium sakes, served chilled, have been turning up on the wine lists of top non-Asian restaurants. In New York City the wine list at the posh French-inspired Chanterelle features a wide variety of sakes. In San Francisco, sake is paired with the smoked meats at Memphis Minnie's Barbecue and is sold at a sake-only retail store, True Sake, which stocks...
...Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. But Clinton decided that it was inappropriate to take such dramatic action during the transition to the Bush presidency. As first reported in this magazine in 2002, Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger and counterterrorism deputy Richard Clarke presented their plan to Condoleezza Rice and her staff in the first week of January 2001. Berger believed al-Qaeda was the greatest threat facing the U.S. as Clinton left office. Rice thought China was. What were President Bush's priorities? Was he aware of the Berger briefing? Did he consider an aggressive response to the bombing...
...fact, Gibson, along with the rest of the team, will have 17 more days to rest as the outdoor season will begin on March 26th when the team travels to Rice University for the Bayou Classic...