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Alijah Arenas makes his long-awaited debut after near-fatal car accident and knee injury, but USC comes up just short against Northwestern.
From Los Angeles Times
Though he managed to hit the first two three pointers of his college career early in the second half against Rutgers — he was previously 0 for 10 — Arenas fell short of securing his first double-digit game, scoring nine points on three-for-nine shooting.
From Los Angeles Times
At a press briefing Thursday, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman warned against unfounded speculation and referred back to the original announcement of the probe into Zhang’s alleged violations of party discipline and state law.
Ranks of youth often form the front lines of mass protests—from China’s 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations to the Arab Spring uprisings of the early 2010s, to Myanmar’s youth rebellion against a military coup in 2021.
The Newcastle United forward had just fired his side in front against Liverpool with a well-taken 36th-minute finish.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
