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...enjoying the 78-to-22 confirmation breeze for Chief Justice John Roberts, congressional Republicans are now sweating the Miers vote count and tell TIME that it could be as low as 52--embarrassing but still good enough for a lifetime appointment. Lawmakers and staff contend that during her first round of courtesy calls, Miers had anything but a commanding presence, looking more like a prom date next to the confident Senators. Republicans said she seemed unwilling or unable to answer questions about whether she viewed particular cases as important precedents and said she offered little beyond banal chatter...
...small grenade launchers edged along the side of the souvenir shop. Shortly before their assault, Russia's Deputy Prosecutor General, Vladimir Kolesnikov, stressed that women were being held hostage inside. "We have to act with surgical precision," he said. Under cover of heavy machine-gun fire, the Spetsnaz pumped round after round of grenades into the small shop. After half an hour, they abruptly ceased fire and slipped off as quietly as they came. Journalists were told the hostages had been saved, though no one could explain how they survived the barrage. A look at the corpses on the ground...
...under-par, the score Michelle Wie, 16, shot in her first round as a professional at the Samsung World Championship...
With the season winding down, the men’s water polo team found itself needing two wins at Fordham on Saturday to earn an easier first-round matchup in the postseason. For the first time all year, the team put together a three-game win streak and showed it has worked the kinks out of its system. A strong defensive effort against Iona led to a 5-2 win in its first match. Harvard’s offense took the lead as the Crimson returned to the pool and outgunned Fordham by an 11-7 score in the nightcap...
...that the UC and the related Harvard Concert Commission (HCC) are as out of touch as it is easy to make them seem in this post-Snoop world. According to HCC member Clinton M. Siegfried ’07, the 15-to-20-member commission works nearly year-round to organize its two annual concerts. Their funding comes from a UC grant, with the charge that they provide Harvard students “with a great show at a great rate.” Whether or not you care to go see “whoever most people will...