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...that dragged itself ashore" on D-day were the beneficiaries of a long and patient exercise in presidential education and artful diplomacy that sustained their belief in the righteousness of their cause, spared them an even more horrific fate, and gave them the time to do their job with dispatch and dignity. Franklin Roosevelt bought them that time. It was the Russians who largely paid the bill...
...more jarring when Almeida gets mistaken for a terrorist--which happens about once a month, sometimes more. Since 9/11, he says, he has been followed by an Amtrak helicopter, questioned by police and rail workers and described to 911 dispatch as a "suspicious Middle Eastern male." Almeida is of Irish Catholic descent...
...general elections. The party's sizeable left wing opposes Roh's decision to send 3,000 troops to Iraq by the end of June. Last week Uri Party floor leader Chun Jung Bae suggested that Korea might want to send money instead of men. "The influence of the antitroop dispatch, anti-Iraq war faction is growing," frets opposition lawmaker Won Hee Ryong, who fears a failure to send troops will erode Korea's security alliance with the U.S: "This is going to be the hottest issue as soon as the assembly opens...
...night direct dispatch van service—an extension of the evening shuttle van—would function as a safe and attractive option for those students returning home in the early morning. The cost is surely great, although not nearly as extreme as paying for a shuttle to navigate a scheduled path. Moreover, more students would be likely to utilize personalized pick-up than would be willing to wait at specific shuttle stops at specific times. Harvard should strongly consider plugging the hole in its transportation schedule with this kind of service...
North Texas picked up the go-ahead run in the top of the eighth inning to dispatch Harvard 4-3 in the final game of the Wells Fargo Classic last Sunday...