Word: dispatches
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...needs the Congo?" some Westerners are tempted to ask as the U.N. prepares to dispatch 5,000 troops to monitor yet another fragile cease-fire in what appears to be an endless regional war. The answer, is just about everyone. Ever since Belgium's King Leopold colonized it as his personal commercial property in 1885, the Congo has fascinated the industrialized world - both with its treasures, and with the boundless venality of those who have pursued them...
...Though plans for a second concert in May fell through, HCC has signed the popular band Dispatch to perform in the fall...
...Bush's message about humility served multiple purposes. It was not just a signal to foreign policy hawks and neo-isolationists that the new Republican president would be less inclined to dispatch envoys or peace-keepers to troubled regions of the world. Humility was a code word designed to reassure voters who feared that Dubya might be too smart-alecky and cocksure to be trusted in the Oval Office. On the campaign trail, the Texas governor tended to exude the opposite of humility. Bush was playing against type, countering the perception of his callowness with a pledge to be earnest...
...began to make a comeback on campus. The Harvard Republican Club (HRC) saw the largest growth in its history during the early ’70s, as the group grew from 35 members to over 400 members. Both the HRC and the College Democrats recruited busloads of students to dispatch across New England in the fall of 1972 and in 1974 for get-out-the-vote efforts during the November elections...
...added that HCC’s ongoing fundraising effort will continue over the summer and will include cultivating a possible sponsorship from the sportsdrink company Redbull. The money for the Dispatch concert, however, is already within the council’s possesion according...