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...worldwide flock of one billion Catholics, the Pope can exercise moral, political and spiritual influence across the globe. Granted, his words and gestures are the extent of a pope's earthly power, since as Stalin once famously quipped, he commands no military divisions. Still John Paul maximized his arsenal, which included constant charismatic globetrotting and a deft diplomatic touch. Coming to Rome from behind the Iron Curtain, he knew just what notes to hit - in public and private - to inspire his fellow Poles and others to undermine the Communist regimes...
...will do in the future. But for every 10-2 run in Harvard’s favor, there’s a more fatal drought that makes the game of catch-up that much harder. Against Princeton, the game was over in 10 minutes. Against Dartmouth and its outside arsenal, a 10-point first half deficit was a death sentence. And even in the comeback wins against Penn, coach Delaney-Smith was all too vocal about her team’s struggle to get things started at the first horn.“We don’t need...
...strikes were also delivered by European aircraft. Romain Champenois Versailles, France The commentary by Elliott was a thinly disguised apology for American foreign policy. He claims the U.S. led the way in the campaign against nuclear proliferation, yet the U.S. maintains, and has always maintained, the largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Elliott also praises American restraint, which must seem like a morbid joke to the relatives of innocent Pakistanis, Afghans and Iraqis killed whenever American forces react too eagerly to intelligence. Elliott's claims that the U.S. acts to protect others ring hollow. The U.S. does not involve itself...
...players in a long biochemical cascade that takes place in the neuron as it encodes memory. The first of those ampakine molecules has been shown in a recent study to boost the attention and mental performance of healthy, sleep-deprived men. The more powerful compounds in Cortex's untested arsenal, says CEO Roger Stoll, may bolster long-term memory without inducing the jittery side effects of drugs like Ritalin and caffeine...
...view through the end of 2006 is a special exhibit called the "Arsenal of Democracy," which honors World War II veterans with a display of firearms used in battle. "Like so many other museums in the Washington area," Wicklund sums up, "we're a hidden treasure waiting to be discovered...