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...much less replicate—the complex strategic tradeoffs faced by the commander-in-chief of a nation at war. A good counterexample might be commanding a wartime squadron during combat. However, as former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley Clark recently pointed out, none of the current candidates can claim that experience. While valiant, Clark insisted on CBS’s Face the Nation, John McCain’s action in Vietnam did not demand the same type of “executive responsibility” that commanding a wartime squadron would have engendered. This is not to take anything...

Author: By Audrey J Kim | Title: A Pitbull by Any Other Name | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

While the makers of Red Bull claim their ragingly popular beverage “gives you wings,” a new study suggests that the taurine- and caffeine-based energy-enhancer may also give you a higher risk of having a stroke or heart attack...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Red Bull May Hike Heart Attack Risk | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

Ultimately, says Case, "if you don't understand where a green claim comes from, check it out. There are a lot of companies trying to relieve people of the green in their wallet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eco-Buyer Beware: Green Can Be Deceiving | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...While the economics department was hoping for Ec10 to count toward The United States in the World, some on the Gen Ed committee thought it might be better suited for Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning. The deadlock was due in part to Gen Ed’s central claim to focus more on subject matter than “ways of knowing,” as well as the indefinite nature of the United States in the World category. There was also concern that since over 900 students take Ec10 every year, the class might monopolize a Gen Ed category...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Dispute, Ec10 Approved for Gen Ed | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Wooten allegedly told McCann that Palin's father would "eat a f___ing lead bullet", a comment that Palin says she and her son overheard. But Palin's most consistent claim, that her staff were just worried about her family's safety, rings hollow (as does, even more so, the other argument she made - that Wooten was such a lout that he would hurt trooper recruitment). Several years had passed, and even though Wooten had a domestic violence restraining order against him, he had never physically threatened the governor, her husband Todd or their children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Palin and Troopergate: A Primer | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

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