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...right to impose troops against a nation’s will. Better, say critics, to offer a new package of incentives to Sudan. Moreover, critics worry that planting a foreign force in a predominantly Muslim nation like Sudan risks sparking jihad. Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, released a video last Friday urging Muslims to defend Sudan from “crusaders masked as United Nations [troops].” In light of such alarming sentiments, it is unsurprising that all internal efforts have failed to bring peace. A 2004 ceasefire was soon violated...
Even at a school of overachievers, Perez stood out. She held the second highest rank in her senior class and as brigade command sergeant major was the highest-ranking minority woman in the history of West Point. She set school records as a sprinter on the track team, led the school's gospel choir, tutored a number of other students and even helped start a dance squad to cheer on the football and basketball teams. Professors wanted her to be in their classes; soldiers wanted her to lead their cadets; underclassmen wanted to absorb a little bit of the drive...
...Schwarzenegger, who is not known for his command of the English language, was caught on tape during a private speech-writing session in March making a ridiculous conjecture about why a Puerto Rican state assemblywoman was so feisty. “I mean Cuban, Puerto-Rican, they are all very hot,” he said. “They have the, you know, part of the black blood in them and part of the Latino blood in them that together makes...
...Even at a school of overachievers, Perez's friends and teachers say that she stood out. She held the second-highest rank in her senior class, and, as Brigade Command Sergeant Major, was the highest-ranking minority woman in the history of West Point. She set school records as a sprinter on the track team, led the school's gospel choir, tutored a number of other students and even helped start a dance squad to cheer on the football and basketball teams. Professors wanted her to be in their classes, soldiers wanted her to lead their cadets, underclassmen wanted...
...selected the whole library, and chose the ?Stack? command. The program gathered identical pictures taken at the same time, hiding all but one. This is helpful if you have, say, over 2,000 shots of your wedding (which my wife...