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...Awareness has dropped significantly as well. Compared with campuses around the country where ROTC is a significant feature of student life and adds greatly to the diversity of student organizations, at Harvard it’s hardly a blip on most students’ radar. Without the ROTC presence, we are missing out on exposure to a potentially valuable and fulfilling experience that is entirely different from what most of us are used to. Whatever you believe about the war in Iraq or the role of the military at universities, these are topics that should be open to discussion. Banning...
...soon thereafter a volley of mortars fell on the Green Zone in an obvious message from Rice's detractors. No rockets or mortars were heard heading into the Green Zone today as word of Pelosi's presence hit the Iraqi airwaves in what amounted to a daytime news blip...
...extremely well,” Schoen said. “The goalie [senior Kathryn Tylander] made some key saves.” Draw controls proved to be one of the Crimson’s downfalls, as the team managed just six to Cornell’s 17. This latest blip against the Big Red is far from the first for Harvard, which has had a tough schedule all season—Cornell is the fifth nationally-ranked team the Crimson has faced. “I think we made a statement to all the higher-ranked teams...
Honorable Men Amendolara offers a tiny blip of hope on the otherwise bleak map of Calabria. Current local leaders have pushed to maximize the town's tourist potential and improve living conditions for residents. Beginning in 2001, Mayor Mario Melfi, a former union leader, implemented a municipal program under the grand slogan: "Amendolara wants to be in Italy, in Europe, in peace." Funded by $3 million a year in local property taxes and $630,000 in revenue from traffic tickets - plus additional grants from Rome and Brussels - the town has offered financial incentives and improved infrastructure to attract private businesses...
...teen pregnancies in 2006, even as statewide, the same rate dropped two percent. Amid speculation about cultural causes and cuts to health education, the article concedes that there is no explanation for the increase—that, moreover, it may be nothing more than a “blip.” There is no clear evidence that this year’s uptick in teen pregnancy is anything more than an anomaly. However, amid the abstractions of bar charts and regression lines, we forget that each of these cases represents a taxing situation for young mother and child?...