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Sometimes a single man could overcome absurd odds. Staff Sergeant Harrison Summers of the 101st was ordered to take 15 men and attack a German artillery barracks known only as WXYZ, actually a cluster of stone farm buildings. When the 15 showed signs of reluctance, Summers somewhat recklessly decided to goad them by leading the charge himself. He kicked in a door and sprayed the room with his submachine gun. Four Germans fell dead, and the rest ran out a back door. None of Summers' men had followed him, so he alone charged the second building; the Germans fled...
...time dragged. Small groups began to cluster around TV sets. Campaign workers whispered anxiously among themselves. Still no candidate, still no statement. Finally, a few minutes after 11 p.m., Walter Mondale waded slowly through the now diminished crowd, family and entourage in tow. His face was weary, his voice flat and somber. "I know we're going to win this," he insisted. "I know we're going to be elected. That's what the American people want...
...case against Star Wars rests on a cluster of mutually reinforcing arguments. Strictly on technical grounds, experts all across the ideological spectrum doubt that space-based ray guns would work well enough to vindicate Reagan's vision. To provide the sort of blanket protection the President and Teller originally had in mind, the system would have to offer a 100% guarantee (an untested guarantee at that) of intercepting and disarming an entire huge barrage of Soviet warheads. If even a tiny percentage of the warheads "leaked" through, the devastation in the U.S. would be horrendous, and the American leadership...
...does the indictment of Asian-Americans of socializing among themselves hold much water. The article's conclusion is based on only a few limited examples. Moreover, the tendency of Asian-Americans to cluster in groups might exist because, as Newsweek admits, anti-Asian bias is formidable and thus many whites do not associate with Asians. To the extent that it exists. Asian "isolation" and "exclusiveness" could be more a function of the white majority's discrimination, rather than Asian-American aloofness...
...Master's concentration in Schooling and School Leadership. The one-year program--which does not lead to teacher certification--is designed for students interested in school administration and more effective teaching methods. The Ed School added a cluster of new courses this fall for the new degree...