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...only hope for peace is an international protection force. But so far, only Nigeria, Tanzania and Rwanda have offered troops, and the proposed force of 4,000 won't deter attacks unless the soldiers are equipped and paid for by the major powers, are given a mandate to protect civilians and are eventually reinforced by 10,000 additional troops from other nations. Yet amid all the talk of oil embargoes, travel bans and asset freezes, no statesman--not Powell and not Annan--has attempted to rally the money, troops and political cooperation needed for such a force...
...same time, the recent assaults serve to remind the Harvard community that even more can be done. HUPD must increase its patrol officers’ visibility in order to deter future assaults, perhaps issuing more officers to some of the high-risk areas on campus. All of this past week’s events took place near Mt. Auburn Street and the areas around Leverett and Mather Houses. HUPD must respond to these obvious trends, issuing more patrols in these incident-heavy areas where attacks have continued to persist...
...course, Rather has a 40-year history of rushing into the inferno. And the fact that conservatives have been calling him biased since before man walked on the moon seems to have done little to deter him. When he covered President Richard Nixon, he was known as "the reporter the White House hates." In 1988 he relentlessly grilled George H.W. Bush, then Vice President, about the Iran-contra affair, and the elder Bush has not spoken to him since. Rather got in trouble again in 2001 for speaking at a Democratic fund-raiser in Texas, for which he later apologized...
...spent my last day in Russia staring at state-run television. Intermittent rain did not deter thousands from pouring onto Red Square in an inspiring display of national unity and heartbreak. The feeling was eerily similar to that of Sept. 11, 2001, when I joined thousands on Tercentenary Theatre to contemplate the inhuman scale of the attack perpetrated on my own country three years...
Meningococcal vaccinations are not covered by student insurance plans, and the hefty price tag might deter some students from electing the take the vaccination, said DeMaria...