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...surge. Nothing was more demoralizing last year to supporters of the war than the sense that Bush was refusing to alter course out of misguided loyalty to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General George Casey. The ouster of Rumsfeld and Casey and the announcement of a new strategy backed up by additional troops and a new commander, General David Petraeus, gave hope to those who still think success is possible in Iraq--which, polls show, is still a healthy majority of Republicans...
...subjects from Facebook.com’s existing pool of hotties without having to even ask permission. The Facebook.com’s Terms of Use policy, that no one ever reads, allows it to distribute user information to foster foundling programs, like PeopleRadar. A Facebook.com member must alter their personal privacy settings in order to be excluded from these projects. If a Facebook.com user visits the PeopleRadar site, he and his Facebook.com friends are immediately uploaded onto the database. Still, Price insists that his site provides a legitimate service to students. “People like looking at pictures...
...bashes gays, and perpetuates negative black stereotypes. But it’s not real life, and most people realize this. Besides, we do have a way to make the stuff we don’t like go away. In the same way a frustrated Congress has the power to alter an unjust war by adjusting the President’s funds, we as consumers can make hip-hop whatever we want it to be. If we don’t buy it, the artists won’t make it. It’s that simple...
...that drives people like Muslawi and Hussein, any plan--American or Iraqi, military or political--to stabilize Iraq is doomed to failure. And that power struggle in Iraq, whether it draws neighboring countries into a wider sectarian conflict or forces a realignment of alliances, has the potential to radically alter the Middle East...
...live next to the Dutch Reformed Church dominee [minister]," says Evita's alter ego and creator, Pieter-Dirk Uys (pronounced ace). "He always warmly embraces Evita whenever she meets him. We respect each other's theaters." And the clergyman isn't Evita's only admirer. The walls of the foyer are plastered with thank-you letters penned by the apartheid era's superstars. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a regular visitor to Darling (he takes his wife there for their anniversary), writes: "We need you to continue to hold a mirror to our human condition." Alongside are affectionate faxes from the debonair...