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...That comparison obviously looks plain silly, now, so instead we are left with Vietnam - albeit different interpretations of Vietnam. As Professor Juan Cole points out, Bush is probably relying on a hawkish view that while the Tet Offensive was a major military defeat for the Viet Cong, the spike of violence it brought may have struck a crippling political blow at the American public's will to fight the war. As Cole notes, the irony is that the upside of Tet may not be the first thing that comes to mind for Americans when their President compares Iraq to Vietnam...
...sure how many of you to expect,” Larsen Librarian of Harvard College Nancy M. Cline told a crowd of students who stood outside the library to hear her opening remarks and to watch Undergraduate Council members and Librarian of the Lamont Library Heather E. Cole cut the ceremonial ribbon. Following the ceremony, students filtered inside to view the cafe, which is designed to resemble the Lamont reading rooms. The cafe will serve food from 3pm to 2am Sunday through Thursday, and from 3pm to closing time on Friday and Saturday. However, the cafe space will be open...
Frustration leads to overreaction. Patrick Cole, Australia's High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, was declared persona non grata by the government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare on Sept. 12. Sogavare's charge was that Cole was interfering in local politics and too frequently consulting opposition politicians. Canberra had argued strongly against a proposed inquiry into this year's riots in Honiara. Two M.P.s aligned with the government are in jail facing charges relating to the violence, which razed Chinatown. According to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Cole's expulsion was outrageous; he smells a rat. "The real motive...
...blame all of Ford's woes on mishaps in Dearborn. Soaring gas prices are killing two of Ford's strongest segments: pickup trucks and SUVs. And like GM, Ford pays crippling "legacy" costs for retiree benefits. David Cole, head of the Center for Automotive Research, estimates that Ford's disadvantage against foreign automakers amounts to an average of $2,500 a vehicle--money that could otherwise go into features like armrests in base models, keeping Ford competitive. "When you're constrained by that level of difference," he says, "it compromises your ability to do things...
...Cole serves as a docent at the DAR’s national headquarters in Washington, D.C. so as to show visitors “that there were five thousand-plus African-Americans who served in the Revolution...