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...difference between Inside and Outside is more than just money. Insiders want reform, free elections and a level economic playing field, or, in some cases, just to be cut in on the corruption. Outsiders want to hold onto their power, squash the press and keep their business monopolies. The lawlessness of the intifadeh has made the squabbles more coldly violent. In February, Abu Amr, the owner of the Beach Hotel in Gaza City, invited Hisham Mikki, the head of the official Palestinian television station, to sit with him in his empty restaurant, smoking a water pipe and looking out over...
...Never was the emotion more evident than during the Feb. 3 face-off with Trinity, when the greatest rivalry in collegiate squash lived up to all expectations. A standing room only crowd at Barnaby Courts was treated to an exhibition of individual skill, team comraderie, and first-class sportsmanship...
...women's squash team ebbed and peaked at all the right times, cruising through the early schedule, taking a tough 5-4 loss to Trinity in stride on Feb. 3, bouncing back with a 5-4 victory the next weekend at Pennsylvania and showing the heart of champion by beating the Bantams 6-3 to win the Howe Cup and a national title...
...This was very special for me as a senior," Brown said. "Not only because this is pretty much the highest honor in collegiate squash and something that I have dreamed of winning and worked toward each season since I was a freshman, but also because of the team that I won it with...
...while the returning players will be hungry for another championship, Brown and Gregory can feel satisfied that they have joined the lofty ranks of previous generations of Harvard squash national champions...