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...overstepped its bounds, first because UC representatives are elected without regard to their positions on such political questions, and second because the UC’s proclaiming the opinion of the student body on such an important community issue is beyond its role as a student government.The controversy blew over just in time for this year’s unusually tumultuous presidential elections, during which one campaign accused another of registering its rightful website address and student groups accused the same campaign of equivocating its position on ROTC. The campaign of John F. Voith ’07 and Tara...
...operation that came to be known as Hell House, a Kilo unit was ambushed inside a house by half a dozen insurgents armed with machine guns and grenades; one Marine died, and several others were wounded. Trapped inside, with the enemy in the adjoining rooms, the Marines finally blew the house up in order to kill the insurgents and make their escape...
...speed there at the end—our boat refused to give up.”Meanwhile, the varsity straight four took advantage of its lightness in a field packed with heavyweight crews to race to an open-water victory. With two-seat Dan Kettler calling the race, Harvard blew away the competition in its heat and streaked to a time of 6:23.35 in the Grand Final, 2.6 seconds better than second-place Wisconsin.“Because the straight four is so light and so fast, you can take care of boats that are much bigger than...
...groups from destroying the registration forms of people with differing political views. (Weiser points out that Florida already had a law on the books to address that problem.) And if a hurricane hits, any fine due to delay or destruction can be appealed, he says. "If a hurricane blew a building away, I can't imagine they're going to get somebody for that," Posey says. "I think common sense would prevail. If there is a nuclear holocaust I think the last thing people are going to be worried about is getting their registrations in on time...
...Bill O'Reilly after the President's speech. Roy Blunt, the House Whip and among the most habitual Bush loyalists, dismissed the plan, saying he had "real concerns" about moving ahead on guest workers without providing enough border security. Conservative blogs went nuts. "He had his chance and he blew it," wrote PowerLine, the conservative blog...