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...Japan there may be some trepidation over the new round of six-party talks. It won't escape the notice of officials in Tokyo that Japanese diplomats were apparently not involved in the talks that brought Pyongyang back to the table. Japan's new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose term started just two weeks before Kim's nuclear test, has built support with the Japanese public by standing firm against North Korea. If Abe is seen to go soft, he could lose his conservative political base, already shaken by his recent diplomatic overtures to Beijing and Seoul. While...
...based on nine dances arranged in four styles: Standard, Smooth, Rhythm, and Latin. Over 300 couples from the greater Boston area registered to participate in the competition. Clipboard-bearing judges in black suits patrolled the floor’s perimeter as the six-hour competition waltzed on and every round whittled down its competitors by about half. Some of the dances went through four sets of cuts to reach the six-couple finals. “What I’m looking for is a good pairing, how they handle a blunder, and energy on the floor...
...tougher foe this time around. When the last ripple faded, the Crimson had finished where it started, placing No. 3 in the Championships and earning a spot at the Nov. 11-12 Eastern Championships. HARVARD 8, FORDHAM 5 Fordham University, seeded sixth, met the Crimson in the first round. When the teams faced each other earlier this season, Harvard mounted an early four-goal lead over the Rams and held on for a 9-6 victory. Not much changed when the two faced each other a second time. After the final whistle, the Crimson had defeated the Rams...
...Mahdi Army and U.S. forces have clashed openly several times in the past three years, fighting sometimes for days in battles that end inconclusively with uneasy truces. Today, senior officials on both sides insist they hope to avoid another round of bloodletting. And yet the mounting violence in the capital looks set to draw them into a new confrontation...
...sport from day one--starting tourneys on Sundays instead of Mondays to gain more weekend fans. Those four-hour, five-set matches? Gone by 2008, except at the Slams, replaced by best-of-three matches, to reduce player injuries and increase fan interest. The most radical alteration is a round-robin format at smaller tournaments until the final rounds, which would revert to the traditional knockout. That setup would give spectators more opportunities to see marquee players. But the draws would be smaller to accommodate more matches, so fewer low-ranked players could compete. "As much as fans will never...