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There is something Kiplingesque about the modern American warrior. He is a volunteer and a professional, as the long-serving regular of Rudyard Kipling's day was. He is a patriot; his modern British comrades, patriots themselves but shy of admitting it, express surprise at the American warrior's outspoken devotion to flag and homeland. He feels a personal relationship with his Commander in Chief, the President, as Kipling's archetypal soldier, Tommy Atkins, seems to have done with his Queen. Above all, like Tommy, he ships out. Ordered to a strange corner of the world, often at the ends...
...Iraq today--not so much in their battlefield bravery or the firmness of their resolve as in their acceptance of uncertainty and the courage of their restraint. Buxton, the veteran of the first Gulf War, sits on his cot inside the Tomb Raiders' hooch. As he struggles to express his thoughts, it becomes clear that the eloquence lies in his frustration. "There is nobody to shoot back at. That's every soldier's biggest complaint," he says. "But we are not cold-blooded killers. We are not going to kill innocent civilians. That's just a part...
...authorship. Clement Clarke Moore has been credited with writing the story, but there are those who believe that the poet and writer Henry Livingston Jr. is the true author. What has never been at issue is the ability of the verses to transport the masses, long before The Polar Express provided a modern-day rival...
...because everyone within driving distance of a mall has suddenly got richer, but because cashmere has suddenly got cheaper. Shoppers can still find 100% cashmere sweaters at Saks Fifth Avenue for $300, but they are also available at Banana Republic for $168, Lord & Taylor for $99 and Express for $68. Those who have paid more need not necessarily feel as duped as the kid who sees three department-store Santas--there can be real differences in quality...
...press Harvard to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy, the Caucus has been at the forefront of every battle over gay civil rights at Harvard. On the military recruiting issue, our members are so angry that over 300 alumni have contacted the Caucus board demanding that we express outrage directly to President Summers on his actions...