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...from serving openly in any of the armed services. In the civilian world, this type of discrimination has long been considered unconstitutional; only in the military does this archaic and divisive attitude toward the gay community persist as a matter of protocol. The Pentagon’s refusal to alter its position concerning the service of homosexuals in the military is outrageous...
...current health craze, this partially hydrogenated oil is as forbidden and taboo as bread to Atkins dieters. The Tater Tot is back in full force—but Napoleon Dynamite disciples, be warned: your “Tots” are now trans-fat free and have assumed the alter-ego of “Golden Nugget...
...editorial on Tuesday, Le Monde wrote that "these elections have engendered nothing but losers." The results are ambiguous enough - and France depressed enough - that politicians across the political spectrum here can only find further reason for pessimism. But at least now they can share that mindset with their political alter egos in Germany...
...Saddam did make one strategic decision that helped alter the course of the insurgency. In early autumn he sent a letter to associates ordering them to change the target focus from coalition forces to Iraqi "collaborators"--that is, to attack Iraqi police stations. The insurgency had already announced its seriousness and lethal intent with a summer bombing campaign. On Aug. 7, a bomb went off outside the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, killing 19 people. Far more ominous was the Aug. 19 blast that destroyed the U.N.'s headquarters in Baghdad, killing U.N. representative Sergio Vieira de Mello and 22 others...
Mitchell said that the College does not currently intend to alter the construction plans to accommodate the visiting students...