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...America's own worst encounter with a Mr. Hyde side abroad came in 1969, when a young journalist named Seymour Hersh first broke a story about the massacre of scores of Vietnamese civilians at the village of My Lai. The remedy at the time was to blame it all on Lt. William Calley, an officer in charge on the day. My Lai may simply have been a symptom, however, of a war in which American forces were ranged not only against communist insurgents, but against a substantial proportion of the civilian population who supported them. My Lai was hardly...
Fitzpatrick and the first-team offense showed their ability to strike quickly, as the quarterback connected with Mazza on two touchdown strikes, including a 10-yard slant that Mazza broke for an 88-yard score...
Three minutes later, as Harvard broke out of its zone on a fast break, Crimson senior midfielder Rob Fried got tangled up with Big Green junior midfielder Ben Grinnell. A fight broke out and the two players had to be separated...
...Marines of Easy Company. The Marines are at war with a well-organized and relentless enemy. A cease-fire was theoretically in effect last week as Marine commanders and local leaders attempted to reach a deal that would forestall a potentially bloody assault on the city. The insurgents routinely broke the truce, lobbing mortars and rockets at the Marines' positions from every direction. The men of Easy Company were not enthusiastic about the truce either: twice last week they thought they were on the verge of attacking the city, only to be told to stand down. U.S. commanders last Friday...
Like progeria, A-T is what might be called a superorphaned disease. It affects so few kids--just 400 in the U.S.--that scientists and drug companies don't bother with it. So Margus began applying his business brain to the problem of how to find a cure. He broke it down into smaller problems, assembling a list of things he needed to learn about: molecular biology, how the government funds research, how you capture the interest of top-notch scientists, what lobbying is all about. He decided his approach would be to pollinate as many excellent labs as possible...