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Robert Samuel THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO
The
Maryland Terrapins (19-
denied the men’s basketball team’s bid
11)
its sixth consecutive ACC
ning
Duke
feating
overtime conclusion in
nament
recent
nets,
the
as
the
to
tournament
sixth-seeded
to
competitive
most
No. 3, No. before
2 and No.
cutting
a
head coach Mike heart those kids
They
19-point
a
85-82 win in the
coach
won
Williams
the
to
1984, only
2002
lot of
to
his first
coaching
conference over
tournament
we
to
the
gave head tourna-
the Blue Devils
championship history. have had
Williams said. “I didn’t
some
expect
be honest. This kind of makes up for that
things
tournament
every
Terrapins
the third in school
good teams,”
it this year, a
Duke
amazing
the weekend.
the three wins
“I would say the last 10 years
pretty
“What
get beat in any of
nearly
The win
its first
Maryland
gave
has
and led
championship.
since
said.
throughout
Championship,
Gary
ment
remaining.
congratulated,”
Krzyzewski
showed
he
possible
National
be
to
team
games.”
Although award
with 4:58
allowed themselves
never
the three
points
needs
“Maryland
1
down the
defeated Wake
round, turned
N.C. State into
12
trailing by
de-
tour-
semifinals, and beat the regular season’s top after
win-
pressure-packed
a
Terrapins
Forest 87-86 in the first halftime deficit
by
memory.
downed the
Maryland seeds of the
in
95-87
(27-5)
at
tournament
[in
the
happened
to
us
in the
ACC
past].” ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE
SEE MARYLAND
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sweep
to
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victory
Shelden Williams faces
in
heavy
defensefrom several
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Spain
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Party
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MADRID
astonishing
in Sunday’s upset victory
the
ousting
center-right
Maria Aznar in his
on
attacks,
its head what had been
suspected
al
a
tried
to
also
that
anger
Basque
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voters
punish
Qaeda
and
a
have
Qaeda
by
turned Aznar’s
said
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they
That is the
Iraq,
suspect
izing
in the
to
at-
whose party
victory
has
was seen
been in
as a
office for
close bonds with Bush. It also threw
plication where
into the American-led
Spain
has
ists have said
assigned
they
Election out
of
Day.
Iraq!”
at
repudiation eight an
years,
unexpected
occupation
a
Iraq,
a
and
was
Popular Party
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had been Aznar’s
The
the
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ty
troops
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successor,
Socialist 5
the
party supporters react
party's headquarters
to
the first election
in Madrid.
polls
of
Spain's general
elections
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class
council
popular
barbecue, television
dents,
pays
past.
events
because
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free
were
they
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kegs
live music, clas-
playing
games.
at
homage
to
said
Leaders
the Universi-
1970s and the
keg parties
organ-
members
including
Party
of Duke’s
the
are
scheduled for 3
all students, will boast
big screen
Old Duke
during
the
the
SEE SPAIN ON PAGE
to
a
palpable throughout
candidate Mariano
junior
a
elements
Protesters shouted “Liar!” and “Get at
DJ
been
in front of House P.
which
appeal
Programming
legislators
Party,
sic Duke men’s basketball
1,300 troops, because the Social-
government
48-year-old lawyer who
will
of beer,
com-
force in
Friday
event,
the
Council has
To address this issue
number of attractions,
and his
will withdraw them in the absence of
the
10 p.m.
hope
of Aznar,
clear U.N. mandate. The rage
the Old Duke
The
emerged Sunday.
The Socialist
lately.
the student
partially,
sugNew
Campus
with
grappling
have
by
responsible.
Moroccan
question
Committee of
involvement
were
parties
gone?
Aznar for
party may
Issa Hanna
THE CHRONICLE
opposed.
that Aznar’s
separatists
return
Jose
grief over
W. Bush’s administration’s war in
expressed
links between al
Minister
Spain’s history,
the attacks
suppress evidence of
gesting tacks
ago.
Spaniards overwhelmingly
Many
to
an
general elections,
Prime
predictable victory by
a
days
Qaeda plotted
supporting George which
few
to
in Madrid last week.
the bloodiest in
Popular Party just
swept
of voter anger and
groundswell
a
of
party
of terrorist attacks
handling Those
Socialists
Spain’s opposition
95-87 loss.
Maryland players during Sunday's
1980s
open
fostered
to a
were
all
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at
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