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...trying to dispel fears that having removed Saddam's regime, U.S. forces are embroiled in a guerrilla war. "I guess the reason I don't use the phrase guerrilla war is because there isn't one," Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said. The varying groups of resisters "are all slightly different in why they're there and what they're doing." For weeks U.S. commanders have maintained that some of the violence against their forces has been coordinated by Baath Party members, Republican Guard commanders and Fedayeen Saddam operatives who survived the allied push through southern Iraq. U.S. forces conducted Operation...
...Sosa has run into controversy before.? Last season, during the uproar over steroids in baseball, Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly got a big reaction out of Sosa when he suggested to Sosa that the player should be tested for steroids to dispel any rumors of drug use.? Sosa reportedly called Reilly a ?motherf___er? and stormed off.? Some would expect a large controversy over the incident, yet the steroid issue hasn?t dogged Sosa, despite being more of a serious issue than his use of a corked bat (which, on a physics side note, can actually be detrimental...
Many credit unions are also marketing themselves, often for the first time, to dispel notions that they're exclusive to one company's employees. Despite its name, the Boeing Wichita credit union, with its permissive state charter, boasts many members among its 45,000 who are not Boeing employees but rather other workers and residents throughout its territory in eastern Kansas. Last fall the credit union rented billboards in the Wichita area to declare itself BETTER THAN YOUR BANK. In Minneapolis, Affinity Plus recently became an official sponsor of the Minnesota Twins to demonstrate to the community that...
When she worked in the admissions office, Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ’87 said she had to fight “tooth and nail” to dispel the idea that Harvard prioritized research over caring for its undergraduates...
Pleiades President Tanya F. Perkins ’04 was quick to dispel any suspicions of name plagiarism. “I am not surprised at all,” Perkins said of the Pleiades-Pleiades coincidence. Speculating upon the significance of the journal’s title, Pleiades member Katherine M. Dimengo ’04, a Crimson editor, cited the relevance of Greek and Roman mythology to modern literature and culture.Convinced that the name overlap was innocent coincidence, FM shifted gears from investigative reporter to section leader, asking the members of the social organization to analyze a selection...