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...curious way, George Bush has benefited from Heraclitus's dictum. Because he was consistently underestimated and was prematurely dismissed as a bumbling empty suit, his stock rose when he managed to string a couple of sentences together. He was on the way down...
Last year at the NCAA Regionals in Norman, Okla., the Crimson nearly pulled out a tournament win against Northwestern, holding leads of 4-0 and 6-4, before a string of questionable officiating and defensive breakdowns caused the game to slip away. The recent Worth Invitational games were encouraging for the Crimson's future tournament hopes...
...Huskies (16-15-1) thought they had scored to take a 1-0 lead on a breakaway as time expired in the first. But the goal was disallowed--just another misfortune in the string that has plagued Northeastern since it dealt Dartmouth its first loss last January. The Huskies have gone 6-13-1 since then...
Sophomore J.F. Gamelin picked off a pass at the blue line and rifled a shot at the Golden Knights' second-string goaltender Karl Mattson. Mattson made the save, but Sharp banged home the rebound...
...analysis in the world won't explain the ferocity that destroyed her world to Sunnayah, who sits in the Sampit refugee camp fingering a string of white plastic pearls around her neck. She is one of the lucky ones. Her husband is next to her along with her three girls, Kirin, Ati and Fitriani. "I just can't understand it. Why they would do this? We were neighbors. I was born here. My parents were born here...