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...Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean could pummel key Iraqi targets with long-range cruise missiles. Once Iraq's air defenses are crushed, more vulnerable F-14s and F-18s from three or four Navy carriers by then in the region could begin striking additional targets. The speed of the air war would depend in part on which neighboring countries--Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Turkey, Saudi Arabia--allowed allied jets to launch from their territory...
Viewers, beware. The Two Towers, the dazzling second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, picks up exactly where the first one left off. No Star Wars--style scroll to bring you up to speed, no quick compilation of scenes from the first film, no opening Cate Blanchett narration--nothing. It begins in medias res, as though you had just stepped out for a few seconds to get more popcorn. If you didn't see last year's The Fellowship of the Ring, Peter Jackson, the trilogy's wizardly director, isn't about to cut you any slack...
Harvard’s second goal was created more by Chu’s speed than Brown’s mistakes. Receiving a pass from captain Jamie Hagerman in the Brown zone, Chu saw a lane to the net down the right side and took off. Dreyer appeared to have stopped Chu’s initial shot but with Harvard players bearing down on her, the puck slipped over the goal line for a 2-1 Crimson lead...
That finding suggests other measures, such as reducing the speed limit, could be more effective in reducing motor vehicle fatalities and more cost effective...
...definitely didn’t have the speed she had freshman year, but she’s more than made up for it by playing a smarter game and using her stickwork, and she shoots the ball so well,” Ahn said...