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...obvious effort to try to be quirky, optional essay number 6b on the Tufts' college admissions application asked candidates to "share a one-minute video that says something about you, upload it to YouTube or another easily accessible website, and give us the URL. What you do or say is totally up to you. (Unfortunately, we are unable to watch videos that come in any form other than a URL link...
...There is no connection" between Harvard's investment in Convexity Capital Management and the arrival of the University's new endowment manager, according to Harvard spokesman John Longbrake. The print and original online versions of the Feb. 7 news article, "Ex-HMC Chief Opens $6B Fund," incorrectly reported that Harvard would wait until the arrival of endowment manager Mohamed A. El-Erian in mid-February before it commits money to Convexity. According to Longbrake, "the commitment is made" to invest $500 million in Convexity, which is led by El-Erian's predecessor, Jack R. Meyer...
...five main air bases strung out along the Libyan coast. Intelligence reports indicated that Libya was accelerating its deployment of Soviet surface-to-air missiles, including SA-5s, which will significantly strengthen its defenses against attack. As part of the U.S. preparations, the Pentagon ordered a flight of EA-6B "electronic warfare" planes dispatched from Whidbey Island, Washington, to the Mediterranean. The special "jamming" craft were said to be useful in what one official called a "highdensity communications environment," presumably meaning an assault on a Libyan missile site...
...Each carrier can launch a mix of planes for self-defense and hitting enemy targets. The Vinson, for example, carries 24 F-14 fighters and 38 A-6E and A-7E attack planes, as well as four E-2C Hawkeyes to detect incoming enemy planes, four EA-6B Prowlers to jam enemy radar and radio, six SH-3 helicopters and ten S-3 Vikings for antisubmarine warfare. By 1991, Secretary Lehman is all but assured of having three new Nimitz-class nuclear carriers. Lehman makes clear that he wants a carrier force that can engage and defeat the Soviet navy...
...nicknamed "Seek and Destroy," had to get within striking range, past Iraqi air defenses that remained potent. F-16 fighter jets and an EA-6B jamming plane made sure that no Iraqi missiles would get a good shot at the Baghdad-bound B-1. The crew never saw their target; the cloud cover below stretched for miles. But satellites were the real eyes of the mission. For this strike, U.S. Central Command called for two 2,000-lb. smart bombs known as JDAMs, then doubled the order. A JDAM, once loaded with coordinates, is guided to its kill by global...