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Iraqis are getting good at elections. On Sunday they went to the polls--for the fifth time since the fall of Saddam Hussein--to choose a new parliament despite election-day violence that killed 38. U.S. President Barack Obama congratulated Iraqis for voting "with enthusiasm and optimism." But running elections is one thing; running Iraq is another. The general election of 2005 empowered ethnic and sectarian leaders who proved incapable of compromise and took the country to the brink of civil war. The surge of U.S. troops in 2007 bought just enough security and time to give democracy one more...
...after Way left the mound after the fifth, sophomore Will Keuper took the ball and found that the Charlotte batters had a few runs left in them. Keuper allowed two runs in his lone inning of work...
While the ladies were not quite able to match the finish of the co-ed team, the women’s squad still opened up its spring campaign in solid fashion, taking fifth at the 27th Women’s Intersectional at Navy...
While the co-ed squad had one regatta under its belt coming into this weekend, the Harvard women’s team competed in its first event of the spring season, earning a fifth-place finish at the 27th Women’s Intersectional held at Navy. The Crimson was able to capture five total race wins on the weekend, along with 14 top-four finishes...
...Particularly keen on conversation are the elderly, who account for more than one-fifth of the Japanese population and are increasingly living alone. Customers 65 and up make up a majority of Table-Mono's business. "This is one of the main reasons for [Table-Mono's] success," says Yamazaki. "Many older people can't walk to the supermarket; some have no friends and stay alone in the house all day." (See historical pictures in "Japan and the World...