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While the heavyweights dominated, the men’s lightweight team went down fighting??against the elements, the opposition and themselves. The lights finished a disappointing fifth place at yesterday’s championship, losing to several teams they had routinely beaten...
While former council president Paul A. Gusmorino ’02 raised the council’s profile two years ago by building consensus among deans behind the scenes and gently pushing his initiatives, Chopra prefers to see himself as “fighting?? for the students he represents...
Like it or not, bin Laden and the Taliban are in power largely as the result of support of the U.S. during Afghanistan’s war with the Soviet Union (back when their militarism was “freedom fighting?? and not its more current and accurate name “terrorism”). The U.S. funded them, built the very camps that bin Laden now uses to train terrorists and supplied them with weapons all in the name of anti-Communism. Now the U.S. is supporting the Northern Alliance, another group of hardened...
...Junger sees it, there is much more dangerous work—like working an oil rig or fire-fighting??that is necessary and therefore heroic. A month ago, that was a lesson worth teaching, but as New York continues to bury its fire-fighters and police officers at a rate of 20 to 25 a day, the country hardly needs reminding now. Nonetheless, Junger’s point is one that always bears repeating. His writing may not fully elucidate the issues of Islam fanactism, the Cold War and other global issues, but it is also important...
...appears to be trying to do for New Hampshire what Lynyrd Skynyrd did for Alabama, you have to at least give them points for trying. Songs like “Granite State Destroyers” and “New Hampshire’s All Right If You Like Fighting?? frequently invoke the New Hampshire state motto (Live Free or Die), and its penchant for tax resistance and anti-federalism. Although the songs had a clear connection to the pot decriminalization struggle, the band didn’t appear to be particularly focused on the subject...