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...Minister of Iraq Ayad Allawi addressed a joint session of Congress recently, reporters from both Fox News and CNN attended the same speech—but they didn’t write the same stories. The headline on CNN.com read, “Bush: US Won’t Abandon Iraqi People.” Fox News chose the simpler: “Allawi: Thank You America.” Judging only from the headlines, Fox’s pro-Iraq war, conservative stance comes through loud and clear. The articles also highlight different aspects of the speech, with...
...called up two recently-met party-buddies, Swedish-speaking Finns Lala and Djingis (yes, these are their actual names). This was turning into something like our previous party nights in Berlin, where our inability to speak German prevented us from any fruitful socializing. I started dancing with abandon on the dance floor, resigning myself to the situation...
...strange cycle of behavior that starts every morning and ends late into the night. The end result is exhaustion and an inability to get out of bed. Perhaps the inscription above the Gate of Hell in Dante’s Inferno sums it up best: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” As a public service announcement, I write to you to illustrate a typical morning of an upperclassman. By taking note, you can prepare for the inevitable stages of morning that signal the beginning of your long, strenuous days at Harvard...
...nations, intensify humanitarian aid where needed, and promote peace and coexistence between adversary nations. A true remedy for terror will make it clear that there is no greater evil than a man capable of providing help who turns his back on another man in need. Only then will people abandon prejudice and celebrate life, not death. Only then, can we truly win on terror...
...intention to boycott, an election opposed by Sistani would almost certainly fail. The immediate impact of Sistani's rejection will likely be to persuade the major Shiite religious parties in Allawi's government, the Dawa Party and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, to abandon any such joint slate. In every previous instance where the government's position has clashed with Sistani's, they've ended up siding with the cleric. And without the involvement of the two most popular parties in the provisional government on a joint slate, Allawi's chances of being elected...