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Beyond strict security considerations, domestic and international trade will contract as people brace for the worst and face higher investment risks. Further economic contractions based on these fears will worsen an already ailing American economy. Foreign policy wonks often neglect to mention qualitative factors like the psychological benefits of peace and a feeling of security both domestically and abroad. The surge in domestic sales of gas masks and duct tape reflect a real change in our quality of life, not to mention the new dangers of traveling abroad when the world sees Americans as warmongers...
Injuries to sophomore guard Rochelle Bell and freshman guard Jessica Holsey hampered the Crimson heading into the game. Holsey has been battling a subluxing right shoulder for much of the Ivy season, and her time on the floor last Sunday was limited to two minutes supported by a brace...
...their orders, some 30 ships will shower these pre-planned targets with Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, an 18 foot long weapon that carries a 1000 pound warhead. Saddam has seen these before, during the Gulf War. They seldom miss their target - something that Iraqi civilians are banking on as they brace themselves for war. In Baghdad, when asked why they were not building shelters, most Iraqis shrug and say that the missiles never struck civilian areas unless they were mistaken for defense targets. Fighter jets, loaded with smart bombs, will follow the missile barrage. Over the last 12 years...
Even as Bush Administration officials privately brace for the worst, they have been hesitant to raise public alarms about the possibility of terrorist retaliation. But others are less restrained. Last week British Prime Minister Tony Blair said an al-Qaeda attack in Britain is "inevitable." According to the New York Times, U.S. officials believe that Islamic militants arrested in London early this year for allegedly manufacturing ricin--a castor-bean-derived poison that Saddam may also possess--may have been plotting to tamper with food served to British troops at least at one nearby base...
...along the boards and aggravated it,” Hafner said. “It feels great now, and I’m pretty much back to 100 percent. I’ll be wearing a brace when I come back, but we have a bunch of guys on the team right now wearing braces...