Word: fiascos
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...Durham, igniting friction between Duke and its surrounding community. In the wake of the allegations, the school fired its coach, Mike Pressler, and suspended the rest of the season. Three players currently await trial in the case.It was in the aftermath of the highly-charged and much-publicized Duke fiasco that Harvard ran through spring drills and, soon after, was involved in two minor incidents of its own. After the team’s spring game, on April 29, members converged on the Currier House courtyard for a barbeque to celebrate the end of spring practices. It was there that...
...address the dirty little secret about the war? Iraq and the rest of the world - especially the U.S. - would be much better off if Saddam Hussein had been left in power. The only thing that the Iraqi people have proved to the rest of the world through this whole fiasco is that they deserve a tyrant. Your cover story "Life in Hell" sure made more sense to me than any of those delusional claims of "Mission Accomplished." Larry Maysack Haymarket, Virginia, U.S. Ghosh says that Baghdad's residents are experiencing "Life in Hell." Iraq isn't exactly paradise, but perhaps...
...runners of the Harvard cross country team had a promising start to their season Saturday at the Fordham Fiasco Invitational. The Fiasco proved to be a misnomer for the Crimson, whose men ranked ninth overall in the 19-team contest, while the women placed fifth among the 18 competing teams. The young bloods of the men’s team dominated Harvard’s showing, accounting for all but one of the top-five Crimson finishes. Freshman Ben Gutierrez was the first to cross the line for Harvard, earning 16th place in the 5K run with a time...
...many books I've read this summer was Fiasco, by Tom Ricks of the Washington Post. It is a careful summation of the military mistakes we've made in Iraq. It ends with a series of scenarios for what might happen if we withdraw now. All have terrible implications for the region and the world. So we must stay in Iraq, but we must stay smarter. To that end, I announce the following initiatives. I call on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to meet with me one on one to discuss the stabilization of Iraq. In time I hope...
...that no one wants to address the dirty little secret about the war? Iraq and the rest of the world--especially the U.S.--would be much better off if Saddam Hussein had been left in power. The only thing that the Iraqi people have proved through this fiasco is that they deserve a tyrant. Your cover story "Life in Hell" made more sense than the Bush Administration's delusional claim of "Mission Accomplished." Larry Maysack Haymarket...