Word: alertly
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...abstain from abstaining (haha!) whenever possible. * Abstensions are not allowed in the final cut. * A member may throw a ‘black ball’ in the final round to permanently eliminate a punch whose membership she would strongly oppose. Given this, however, it is asked that members alert the club to this possiblity *prior* to the final cut, so as to avoid leading a punch on longer than necessary. * Punches will be discussed in a different, random order at each meeting...
...least 2 different settings. That said, however, pro-action from members is always welcome, so feel free to set up your own outings with punches and other members (preferably ones you don’t yet know well). If you do set up any outings, be sure to alert Aimee and Steph so that they can account for these as they plan others. -UNSPOKEN RULES/POLICIES FOR MEETINGS: * If you have a laptop with wireless access, please try to bring it to punch meetings so that you (and others) can access pictures of punches (through the facebook or Harvard directory...
...chief said the country would seal its borders if it found even a single case of human-to-human transmission. India and Taiwan have declared they intend to make generic copies of the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to be sure of having enough. And authorities elsewhere are going on alert. Romania began vaccinating poultry workers and residents of the Danube delta. Quarantine officials in the U.K. suspected an imported parrot was carrying the h5n1 virus, but it died before it could infect local birds. In Africa, so far "the problem is speculative," says the fao's Domenech, "but nobody...
...Israeli army, a uniformed man equipped with an M-16 rifle. On Jan. 1 he put it to use, kneeling down in front of Hebron's outdoor vegetable market, then opening fire on vendors and shoppers as close as within 15 ft. In just seconds, an alert army lieutenant, Avi Buskila, jumped him and, with the help of two other soldiers, snatched his rifle and jerked him away. Because of Buskila's quick action and perhaps Friedman's poor shooting, the harm was less than it could have been. Friedman got off 20 rounds, wounding six people but killing none...
...hours later, a soldier spies an insurgent observing the U.S. position from a ridge about 1,500 yds. away. A gunner opens up with a Mark-19, which fires grenades that tattoo the far ridge with puffs of smoke but fail to kill the insurgent. Meanwhile, the special forces alert the company by radio that three Taliban fighters are moving through the canyon so the soldiers should be ready to shoot. But the insurgents are beyond the reach of the .30-cal. machine gun. That night Lieut. Mark Stein sends out a patrol with night-vision goggles to explore...