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Sistani quickly emerged as a voice of restraint, urging Iraqis to be patient and eschew violence. He told Shi'ites to neither help nor hinder the U.S. invaders, although he made his opposition to foreign occupation clear by counseling citizens to ask Americans, "When are you leaving Iraq?" He advised people against revenge killings of Baathists. Iraqi and U.S. officials agree that his calming influence was critical in tamping down Shi'ite resistance. "That was the only reason there was no bloodbath in those early days," says a secular Iraqi politician. When the orgy of looting after Saddam's departure...
After perhaps one year of general education at most schools, students are pushed into a concentration and then a specialization. They are encouraged to “find their passion” and eschew other subjects. Even worse, concentrations often have a very small set of core classes, and students can choose at random to fulfill their requirements. A history concentrator can graduate with only knowledge of women’s resistance movements; an English concentrator can get away with knowing a lot about Melville and not much else. As a result, students are reluctant to engage on a wide...
...think that has a lot to do with this attitude of, ‘Why would I do something like English or psychology or something that I couldn’t support my family [with],” Barber says, referring to her male friends who eschew those concentrations...
Employees on the go say jump drives--such as SanDisk's Cruzer Titanium, which costs $129.99--make it easier to share big projects with co-workers when e-mail isn't readily available. Other consultants eschew carrying a laptop altogether, navigating airports (and security) with nothing but high-tech pendants dangling from their necks. --By Paige Bowers
...least take steps to ban the most dangerous types of alcohol. The College should also help HoCos and other organizations (from Harvard and Yale) obtain the requisite licenses, in order to promote a vibrant, communal tailgate environment in which students will self-regulate their own drinking. If students eschew boring and keg-less tailgates in favor of pre-gaming—drinking massive quantities of alcohol to achieve a 4-quarter-long buzz—University Health Services will have a banner day. The College must take a pragmatic stand towards student drinking in Allston, if only to counterbalance...