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...that it doesn't much matter who operates America's maritime centers because none of them is totally secure. The problem pointed to most often is a lack of oversight. Customs agents inspect a small percentage of shipping containers, but the Bush Administration asks cargo companies to supervise the bulk of security. It's an arrangement designed to allow the President to be true to two bedrock principles--being tough on terrorism and resisting federal regulation of private industry. "That leads to a paradox in the security area," says Stephen Flynn, a terrorism expert at the Council on Foreign Relations...
...contemporary conflict between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is based not only on a schism that happened almost 14 centuries ago, but on the politics of the Saddam Hussein era. The Sunni Arabs, some 15-20% of the population, provided the bulk of the governing class under Saddam, while the Shiites, who comprise upward of 60% of the population, were denied political rights and their religious freedoms were curtailed. The contemporary politics of the divide also has a regional dimension: The main Shiite religious political parties that have dominated both of Iraq's democratic elections have close ties to Iran...
...until the movement agrees to renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept existing peace treaties. Israel - with its center-right government looking over its right shoulder ahead of next month's election - has even suspended the transfer of tax and customs revenues owed to the Palestinian Authority, that form the bulk of its budget. But when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was rebuffed by both Egypt and Saudi Arabia this week as she sought their support to cut all funding to a Hamas-led government, she was left to concede that "different countries will have different modalities and how to deal...
...freshman seminar than do in the fall, because these seminars, which do not have letter grades, count only as elective courses. Beyond the direct effect of Core requirements, the underlying academic flaw of freshman year is that students are encouraged to take classes which do not actually represent the bulk of Harvard’s offerings. Many students spend two entire terms without taking a regular, 100-level departmental class. Distracted by Cores, freshman seminars, language classes (a requirement for many), introductory classes such as History 10b, or big science lectures that are often requirements for medical school, first-year...
...able to get offense from that.”And the Crimson, as of late, has been doing just that. Where before the post was bare and the rebounding effort marginal at best, now the lane—and the Harvard bench—is swarming with talent, size, bulk, and offensive touch. The Crimson’s effective in-and-out motion offense emphasizes a high-low post game that facilitates movement on the low block and cutting on the perimeter. Once the post game is established and the defense collapses, Harvard’s forwards are quick...