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When Constance DeFotis was reappointed by the College to co-conduct the Holden Choirs last semester, she wrote in an e-mail to another choir, “Miracles are possible; my faith is restored...
...When we were informed of the decision to have Constance conduct us next year, everybody exchanged glances and the energy in the room dissipated,” says a senior member of the RCS executive committee who did not wish to be named. “This is exactly what we didn’t want to happen,” she adds...
...quite a summer camp. According to the FBI, young master Lindh took courses in rocket-propelled grenades and battlefield combat. He even allegedly met Osama bin Laden. But when one of bin Laden's lieutenants asked Lindh if he wanted to leave Afghanistan and conduct operations against the U.S., Lindh declined, preferring the front lines of the Taliban's war with the Northern Alliance. A few weeks later, Lindh heard about the events of Sept. 11 on the radio. "According to [Lindh]," an FBI affidavit says, "it was his and his comrades' understanding at the time that bin Laden...
...here's why al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters flunk the plain requirements for status as Geneva POWs. Lawful combatants must: have a commander responsible for their conduct, wear a uniform or visible insignia, carry their weapons openly and generally conduct their operations "in accordance with the laws and customs...
...then there is the host-country code of conduct and the debate over just how red-white-and-blue the Games should be. It's great to cheer the home team, but the Olympics is meant to celebrate the international community. "To ask people to love one another is merely a form of childishness," said Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Games. "To ask them to respect each other is not utopian, but in order to respect each other they must first know each other." For all the talk of Patriot Games, the hope is that Americans will...