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...positives, he cited psychological operations—such as sending messages to the opposing troops to dissuade them from fighting—which caused many Iraqi troops to surrender at the beginning, as well as the check that embedded reporters put on the troops, who are less likely to commit moral atrocities when they know they are being documented. For failures, he reiterated Nye’s point about the loss of integrity from bribing the press. He also explained that the use of torture diminishes the U.S.’s soft power because citizens are less likely...
...story is just silly. A curse requires anyone who carries the title of the Baronet of Ruddigore to commit a crime daily on pain of death. Robin Oakapple (Benjamin T. Morris ’09), the rightful baronet is hiding, presumed dead, and thus free to shyly woo young Rose Maybud (Caitlin C. Vincent ’07) in a small town, while his younger brother bears the brunt of the curse. That is, until his adopted brother Richard Dauntless (Pedro K. Kaawaloa, Jr. ’06), a much bolder sailor who is prone to having audible conversations with...
...50th.” Beyond the sentimental significance, “Ruddigore” is an entertaining operetta. An innocent village beauty, Rose Maybud (Caitlin Vincent, ’07) discovers that her love Robin Oakapple is actually Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, who is obligated by a family curse to commit at least one evil every day of his life. The fickle Maybud then finds comfort in the arms of Sir Ruthven’s half-brother, Dick Dauntless. The story unfolds—against a backdrop of portraits coming to life, professional bridesmaids plotting to marry off villagers for financial...
...upcoming Yale game, Donato won’t commit to a starter, relying instead on his old standby, “We’ll wait until the end of the week...
...that they're scarred permanently. I don't think you can go through something like this and just come out ready to work and ready to operate. One of the problems that the communities face is that sometimes the kids who are forced to fight are forced to commit atrocities against their own community members, to disconnect them from their communities, and make it impossible for them to go back. So they have nothing to do but fight, because they have nowhere to go. So then the war is ended, and now you have this kid who's gone...