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Given the failure to head off last week's conflagration, U.S. hopes of averting an ignominious defeat in Iraq now hinge on whether it can bring the fighting to an end. The biggest fear is that the breakdown of order could draw neighboring countries into the conflict, with Iran intervening on behalf of the Shi'ites and Arab states supporting the Sunnis. Some U.S. military officers say privately that the turmoil has vindicated their insistence that it's premature to turn over security duties to the Iraqis. "This week's events support our caution and unwillingness to pull out troops...
...Cultural Arts Center, which showcases African influences in New Orleans culture. "Grandmothers who had never gotten on a plane before did, just to get out of town. We've learned to accept change." In the same spirit, you keep hearing about how the storm created a clean slate to draw a new city on. New Orleans these days is full of planners, people coming up with schemes for a smarter, richer, better-organized city, all of them determined to prove that catastrophe is just another word for opportunity...
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...Picasso’ was an underdog success,” he says. “I think the most significant part of it is that I had five people on that stage that had never acted before.” Indeed, he prides himself on the ability to draw from resources that lie outside the Harvard theater bubble—his four choreographers are members of the Harvard Dance Team, and his music director is a member of the Harvard Jazz Bands. “He brought in all the jazz people,” Hanley says...
...said one junior in Winthrop House, who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution from HCL. “I thought we could hold [reserve items] overnight. I got a fine for like, eight dollars....It was sad. How gluttonous.” Attempts to draw a connection between the penalty increase and the financial troubles at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) were denied by HCL Communications Director Beth Brainard. Calling the libraries a “tub within a tub,” and thus having little direct connection with any money problems at FAS, Brainard...