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That ultimately didn’t deter the Cincinnati Reds, who happily used their second-round pick on the Princeton outfielder, a .362 hitter from Wichita Falls, Texas...
Finally, Harvard must continue to engage in a dialogue with the city of Cambridge to promote safety in areas frequented by students but outside of HUPD’s jurisdiction, such as Cambridge Commons. Improving lighting in the commons and raising police visibility would help deter potential attackers in this area...
...Life for teenage guys, who, of course, think about sex roughly once a breath. Executive producer Stu Bloomberg describes the show as "life through the prism of hormones." ABC bought the series but out of post-Janet anxiousness changed the title to Life As We Know It--which may deter the decency cops but also sounds like something that would run on Lifetime...
...this. But without enough manpower and better logistics and equipment to intimidate the insurgency, the resistance forces have erupted and now will be much harder to put down. Despite the still concealed but ever-growing budget for Iraq, more troops are required to quash current violence and deter further insecurity. To pursue our continuing military obligations on the cheap endangers both our soldiers and the chances for avoiding real civil war in Iraq. But the domestic problems larger troop deployments would precipitate, with the military (regular, reserves and national guard) and their families, even without increased American coffins, are woeful...
...British troops resorted to the extraordinary practice of strapping rebels to canons and blowing cannonballs through their chests. This was done because Muslim bodies had to be buried intact for their souls to enter into paradise. By blowing them to smithereens, this method of execution aimed to horrify and deter survivors...