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...up” – an awful night spent in a library, and not at all similar to “livin it up” 12) DHA – student whose class you want to be in 13) To fizzle – to fail out of a class gracefully 14) The Chuck – The Charles River 15) Clav – Claverly Hall, as in “Heard you got the Clav…” 16) “hangover chicken” - the oddly shaped chicken cutlets filled with oozing...

Author: By Frances Jin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 SLANG WORDS | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

Pentagon officials say they have no idea whether Musharraf's imposition of what is essentially martial law will succeed or fail in stemming the radical Islamist tide. "Sure it works in the short term," one Army officer says. "But if the country is too brittle it could break." Pentagon officials added that the U.S. is reviewing some $300 million in foreign military sales financing for 2008, $32 million for law enforcement and anti-narcotics efforts, and $2 million for military training - the same kinds of program whose scrapping in the 1990s so upset Zinni...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Pakistan's Nukes in Safe Hands? | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

...vigils, created Diana-style tributes, even suggested the deaths were faked. (Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance--they hit every stage.) Manor is a study of animals, but it's become a study of humans. How much reality do we want from reality TV? And when nature, producers and providence fail to provide justice, how do we step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looks like Meerkat Love | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

This River Run did not fail to deliver excitement. Participants arrived at Newell Boat House groggy but resolute, donning official House gear and chanting the names of their beloved dormitories as they braved a steady downpour from the heavens...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: River Run Full of Charm | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...Contractors should be fully incorporated into the government machine that is spending nearly 1 billion dollars a day in Iraq. This change would hopefully entail a serious reversal in how private contractors are expected to act—both in terms of restraint and also in how those who fail to act appropriately are dealt with, both in terms of standards and laws.The first step in this long transformation, however, is to remove Blackwater from Iraq...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bye Bye, Blackwater | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

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