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...Pentagon's never been able to keep a secret, but top officials were really steamed this week when some unknown defense official tipped off the press to the impending announcement that Army troops would be spending more time in combat zones. In an ideal world, commanders want to be able to tell their combat units, in their own way, that they won't be going home as early as they hoped. Instead, Army grunts got the bad news via the Internet after it leaked prematurely to reporters Tuesday night...
...doesn't need to finish the sentence. And then ... nothing. China is always promising to crack down on intellectual-property abuse. In fact, the government recently declared March 15 to be Antipiracy Day, and there are still big billboards downtown urging everyone to combat the scourge of illegally copied software, DVDs and other products. Not surprisingly, Chinese officials threw a rhetorical fit on hearing of the WTO complaint, brought by U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab on behalf of the American music and film industries. Commerce Ministry spokesman Wang Xinpei said it would "seriously undermine the cooperative relations the two nations...
...competition requires contestants to speak about an issue that they feel needs public attention. Sinnott’s issue was entitled, "Keeping the Faith: Giving Back to America’s Wounded Warriors," and called for an increased allocation of funds to provide support services for veterans returning from combat in Iraq and elsewhere...
...quite as well at the Lynne Marchiando Team Race, hosted just down the river at MIT. Cold weekend temperatures defined both regattas on Saturday and Sunday, but frigid conditions seemed to be more adverse for the co-eds, as eight teams were relegated to a single round robin to combat the weather. Yale’s 6-1 record proved enough to take the win, and the Crimson found itself tied with Stanford in second place with a 5-2 score at the conclusion of the races. Harvard fell in the tiebreaker, however, to take third place overall. Though...
...down on the wet ground whereupon the medic tore her shirt open to find the wound and dress it. After a blanket was then wrapped around her, he says, "I picked her up and put her in the back of my Humvee to take her to the 'cash' [Combat Support Hospital]." Speeding down the road, radio calls were put out to indicate that Lozano was approaching the next checkpoint. Sgrena, he says, would have heard the voices from the backseat. "The call sign was 'Assassin 26.' Maybe she thought we were really assassins? She seemed pretty scared." By then Lozano...