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...carrying troops because it can take off and land like a helicopter, then tilt its engines and rotors forward to fly like a turboprop airplane. After three fatal crashes, numerous delays and compromises that some inside the military believe endanger those on board, the 10 V-22s are finally based at al Asad air base in western Iraq (the Marines have clamped down on all information about their operations, but expect a formal Iraqi unveiling of the V-22s soon...
...Gore launched his political career in 1976 when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee. He was elected vice president in 1992 and again in 1996. His lost his bid for the presidency in 2000 to George W. Bush. While Gore’s fan base is large, some have been sharply critical of his work. Justice Barton, a British high court judge, recently ruled that “An Inconvenient Truth” cannot be shown in schools unless accompanied by materials explaining the film’s inaccuracies. “It is easy...
...plan, but as the pep rally—as the time when you talk about the values, and the vision, not in the terms of ‘I’m going to be doing this, that, and the other,’ but in terms of touching base with what matters to the institution and to the president,” McLaughlin said.In her speech, Faust said making Harvard accessible to students of all backgrounds was a fundamental challenge facing the University, and she spoke of taking advantage of an increasingly global culture in which knowledge?...
...play older favorites may seem strange, it makes sense given the pattern of The National’s rise to popularity. It took months for “Alligator” to gain full appreciation (a “grower,” everyone called it), and the fan-base has slowly expanded again since the release of “Boxer...
...shows, you’re sending press kits.”But not everyone in HCSUCS has to feel the pressure. Matthew I. Bohrer ’10, in his second year with HCSUCS, is excited by the group’s success in so quickly tapping into a base of alumni.“We’re trying to create something that people can make into a career if they want,” says Bohrer. “Or not.”SLAYING THE DRAGONMeanwhile, back in Cambridge, HCSUCS’s new generation is testing...