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...example of how this works, critics point to Defense Department hype two years ago for the new Soviet T-80 tank. It was depicted in briefings and a Pentagon publication as fast, heavily armored and bristling with grenade and missile launchers. That was when the Administration was anxious to secure funding for America's new M1 tank. A recent photograph released by the Pentagon in its latest assessment of Soviet strength shows that the T-80 is actually only a slight modification of its predecessor, the T72, with similar shape, armor and capability...
...their zeal for shrinking the federal government once they controlled it, which is one reason voters expelled them from power in 2006. And these days, it's usually Democrats who call for a humbler foreign policy. Paul's leave-us-alone libertarianism hasn't fit in with a party anxious to read our e-mail, improve our values, assert American power abroad and subsidize friendly industries at home. The party's recent mix of "national greatness" neoconservatives, evangelical theoconservatives and K Street careerists has had many goals, but leaving people alone hasn't been one of them. That...
...policy begun in 2006. While History and Literature concentrators submitted their work on Feb. 29, for many thesis writers today represents the final sprint before the official beginning of “senior spring.” When theses are finally finished, students said they are anxious to rid themselves of all reminders of their struggles. Albert D. Genna, a library assistant in the stacks division in Widener Library, said that some students bring in as many as 300 books at a time. “They come in shifts,” he said. “People will...
...anxious for us to play a role, the issue was too important not to play a role." There was agreement with the British position that Haig should not be an official mediator, but act as a helpful go-between who will explore different proposals...
...really anxious to learn,” Moriarty said, “and one of the major communities that we want to hear back from are students...