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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki clearly knows little patience is left for him and his government as the situation in Iraq worsens. In a nationwide speech Saturday, Maliki appealed for more time, vowing yet again to curb violence in Baghdad, where he said Iraqi troops would lead a new assault against insurgents and militias, with U.S. help as needed. Hang on just a little longer, Maliki seemed to say. This time we really mean...
...Saddam fancied himself as the new Nasser when he became Iraq's president in 1979, championing the Palestinian cause and fighting a eight-year war to curb Iran's Islamic Revolution. Many countries - including the U.S. - supported Saddam as a bulwark against Islamic fundamentalism, which they deemed a greater long-term political threat to Western interests than Arab nationalism. But Saddam followed Nasser in blundering his way to defeat, starting with his invasion of Kuwait...
...Martian Child.” The song “I Hope Tomorrow Is Like Today,” appears on the “Wedding Crashers” soundtrack and the band released “Ramona” to fan Jeff Garlin (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”) for his movie, “I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With.” “Any time someone wants to put us in their movie we’re all for it. I love the idea of soundtracks.”Rosenworcel objects...
...primarily toward improvements at the intersection of Mass Ave. and JFK and Brattle streets. The walkway connecting Out of Town and the Coop—which an Improvement Project report has dubbed “the super crosswalk”—will be widened, with additional curb ramps and new pedestrian signals installed, according to Tomeu. The improvement project is supported by the Harvard Square Business Association and is the result of a report commissioned by property owners—”Polishing the Trophy”—published in 1998. Construction began this past...
...report submitted to the council by City Manager Robert W. Healy in response to an Oct. 16 formal inquiry by the council, Karen Hacker, interim chief public health officer at the city’s Department of Public Health, encouraged the council to institute policies to curb the use of trans fats in Cambridge but discouraged a legislative...