Word: beirutization
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...These days, when we do that in Iraq, we call it the Bush doctrine. But Reagan also presided over a moment of weakness that led America's enemies in the Middle East to believe that terrorism could work. On Oct. 23, 1983, Hizballah terrorists blew up Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241. A few months later, Reagan withdrew the remaining U.S. forces. Two decades after that, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice put it this way: "Prior to Sept. 11, our policies as a nation, going really all the way back to the bombing of the Lebanon barracks, were...
...sent U.S. troops to invade the tiny Caribbean island of Grenada and topple its leftist government as a warning to others in the region to avoid drawing too close to the Soviets and Cuba. There were setbacks, of course - the 1983 bombing by Hezbollah of a Marine barracks in Beirut that saw 241 U.S. soldiers killed, and prompted a hasty withdrawal that was later cited by al-Qaeda as evidence of American weakness. And the Iran-Contra scandal exposed a seamy side to the administration's proxy wars. Still, on balance his decade is remembered as one in which America...
More international students would add excitement to Harvard’s often quiet social life—for example, replacing beirut with Spanish botelon. They would also enrich section discussions, providing perspectives from outside the area between Boston and Los Angeles. Finally, they might even bring worldly tastes to the Square’s restaurants, perhaps forcing Tommy’s to improve its vile pizza and encouraging the Science Center Greenhouse to serve real sushi...
...tried a lot of things in my efforts to fill The Void. I care about beirut enough to know my career win-loss record (it’s good). I’ve simulated so many franchise seasons in my EA Sports games that even Rickey Henderson finally retired. I own such a multitude of sports jerseys that I ended up with the nickname “Jersey Jon.” Of course, I maintain that the last laugh will be mine when I finally meet a cute girl who swoons at the sight of my authentic Paul Pierce...
Aside from the much vaunted Beirut table, the boys’ common room appears sparse and nondescript—but a closer look reveals that it’s an insomniac’s paradise. Every single aspect of the room caters to an absent late-night crowd, which typically begins trickling into the room long after most frosh have put down their Moral Reasoning coursepacks and called it a night. Although they seem lonely now, the slouchy couch and extra chairs are waiting for their regular occupants to start a long, hard, night of chillin’. The room?...