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...depleted Crimson entered two squads into the competition. The first team was shut out by Trinity’s top quintet, seeded second in the tournament, in the quarterfinals of the 16-team draw. That Crimson entry eventually placed fifth, while Harvard’s second squad lost each of its three matches...
...Crimson’s loss to the Bantams relegated it to the Plate bracket. There, it shut out both Princeton’s second five and a New York-based quintet to finish fifth...
...wrestle a nonaggression treaty from the U.S. Kim figures he will have to get it while Washington remains occupied with Iraq. Last week's announcement that the country would reactivate its five-megawatt nuclear reactor in Yongbyon appeared to be another page from Kim's script. The facility was shut down under a 1994 agreement because it was capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium. But with the American government suspending oil shipments, the North claims its obligations to the U.S. are now null and void...
...rear room. Zachariah picks up the letter. Hasan has repeatedly told the teenager?who was spirited away by Hasan's associates in 1999 without his father's acquiescence?that his parents are dead. Zachariah asks if it's possible to take a letter back to East Timor. Hasan overhears. "Shut up," he snaps. "What's the use of sending letters to infidels?" Later, Zachariah takes the visitor aside again: "Could you help me to return to East Timor next year?" he asks in a whisper. "I've heard my parents are still alive and I'd like to go back...
...strategy that critics say is backfiring and is more to blame than the recession for the states' fiscal mess. Michigan is cutting revenue to townships like Harrison. Governor John Engler is expected to announce some $470 million in total budget cuts this week. Harrison township has already had to shut down its recreation department, sell 12 vehicles, slash $16,000 earmarked to clear seaweed that hampers boat traffic near the Lake St. Clair shoreline and cut $19,000 for improvements to dirt roads. The town board had to approve a special assessment last week to cover police and fire protection...