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...During a brief lull, Drori retreated behind a courtyard wall and returned fire until a magazine in his M-203 rifle jammed. He switched to a grenade launcher attached to the rifle. His fire drew an answer, and he was hit in the leg. Of the 16 men in his company, only three escaped being wounded or killed...
...After a brief moment of extreme cognitive dissonance, I recalled my location—safely in my East Coast college dorm room. It was impossible, I thought, that these terrible tremors had found their way to Harvard. Convincing myself otherwise, I went back to sleep. Saturday morning, however, my suspicions were confirmed. Earthquakes had followed me east...
...second premise relies on his appraisal of the past century’s Asian-American relations. According to Cohen, America first established its role as the dominant power in East Asia when it defeated Japan after WWII, followed by involvement in Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam. From this brief historical run-through, Cohen comes to the sanguine conclusion that “America, despite all the faults of which we who live in it are aware, remains a beacon of liberty and prosperity to the people of East Asia, as to much of the rest of the world...
...mercifully short-lived sketch comedy troupe sophomore year called Tastes Like Chicken. As I became more politically aware I joined various liberal causes—from the Cambridge Youth Peace and Justice Corps (much maligned by one of my roommates) to Take Back the Night and a brief stint in the living wage campaign. And unlike in high school, where I did roughly 800 percent more than most of my fellow students, here was a student body that seemed to thrive on extracurriculars just as much...
Ronz has been limited by bicep tendonitis for much of the year, and only made three brief appearances before yesterday in which he gave up a combined four longballs. One of them was a disastrous two-homer, no-out meltdown that sank the Crimson against Penn on Saturday...