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...however. In the 1000-yard freestyle event, two of the Crimson’s top swimmers were disqualified for ending in the wrong lane. Meyer and senior Eric Lynch, who posted times good enough to claim the top-two spots in the event, were eliminated from scoring for this blunder.“That’s kind of a rookie mistake and slightly embarrassing,” Meyer said. “I just looked up the heat sheet and I was going to tell everyone what lane they were in and forgot...
...professional help. One frequent blunder even million-dollar-job seekers commit is deciding to write and edit their rsums without expert input. "Your labor is the most valuable thing you're going to sell," says Cenedella. "Would you have an amateur copywriter write copy for the most valuable product you have? Then why would you write your rsum yourself?" Those seeking solid counseling on the rsum front can get it through the Professional Association of Rsum Writers & Career Coaches or sites like ResumeWriters.com where a rsum overhaul starts...
...they weren't in enough hot water over their handling of the Mumbai massacre, Indian security forces have added yet another blunder to the growing list of lapses before and after last month's attacks: the arrest of Mukhtar Ahmed. Ahmed was held by the West Bengal police on Friday night for procuring mobile-phone cards for Lashkar-e-Taiba, the organization suspected of staging the Mumbai attacks. His arrest might have counted as a coup against the extremist group, except for the fact that Ahmed is reported to be an undercover intelligence operative for the Jammu and Kashmir police...
...Palma / Oliver Stone / Al Pacino production, and then traces the cultural fallout - questioning how this "antidrug movie [became,] in its pop-cultural afterlife, a pro-thug movie." In being fair to both those who hail the crime thriller as a survivalist masterpiece and those who consider it a blunder of grotesque gratuitousness, Tucker bolsters his argument that whatever your opinion on the film, Scarface cannot be dismissed...
...While defending itself and its allies against “rogue states” like Iran is essential, the U.S. will not help its cause by antagonizing Russia. The Obama administration should use its position as a fresh entrant to the bargaining table as an opportunity to fix the blunder the previous administration made in proposing the missile shield. By unilaterally withdrawing its weapons and appearing to back down from its previous stance, however, the U.S. risks losing its credibility as a strong player in international politics. Instead, the U.S. should make a deal with Russia in which we withdraw...