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...unpopped Facebook groups to continue the strife. Things seemed contained geographically, but it was not long until the conflict would widen beyond the Garden State. As of four summers ago, popped collars seemed an occasional oddity, something practiced by sailors, Cape-Codders and Tigers—rejected by the bulk of the country as indicative of preppiness, elitism, and general mental deficiency...
...When we started...our focus was really on the fires,” Evans said. “As we went on, we realized that while the fires did lead to deaths, they did not explain the bulk of the effect on mortality rates...
Questions about American foreign policy took the bulk of the question-and-answer session that followed Summers’ remarks, although the students also addressed other topics—including Harvard’s place in the public eye and Summers’ controversial January remarks that “issues of intrinsic aptitude” may be responsible for a dearth of women scientists. Those comments sparked strong criticism from many professors and culminated in a March vote of no confidence in Summers’ leadership...
...which free traders respond: Don't bother. If a Chinese company wants to pay a hefty premium to (mostly) U.S. shareholders, and guarantee the bulk of Unocal'S jobs to boot, why should those shareholders be prevented from selling? After all, Japan 15 years ago wasn't exactly an open economy when its flagship companies began buying everything from Rockefeller Center to Hollywood movie studios. The Japanese, it turned out, got taken like tourists. --Reported by Eric Roston/Washington
...Marwan is already a battle-hardened insurgent, a jihadi foot soldier in Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi's terrorist group, al-Qaeda in Iraq. Like the bulk of insurgents, he is a Sunni Muslim from the former ruling minority community. In his hometown, Fallujah, he is known for his ferociousness in battle and deep religiosity. Marwan asked his commander to consider him for a suicide mission last fall but had to wait until the beginning of April for his name to be put on the list of volunteers. "When he finally agreed," Marwan recalls, "it was the happiest...