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...Washington Coffins, Uncovered? Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a review of the 1991 policy that bars the media from taking photographs of the flag-draped coffins of service members killed overseas, a restriction much criticized since U.S. troops have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. Gates said he may lift the ban "if the needs of the families can be met and the privacy concerns can be addressed." He said the review is on a "short deadline...
...year-old father-in-law stood to attention in front of an American flag after watching Barack Obama's Inauguration live on TV. People everywhere expect Obama to be a President for the world, not of the world. Dennis Callesen, Aoraki, New Zealand...
...brisk fall night when the teams of Quincy and Winthrop assembled under the lights of Harvard Stadium, prepared to carry on the hallowed tradition of football. But this was not just any football—this was flag football, the real sport of champions, a sport that requires agility, speed, and razor-sharp hand-eye coordination. You can’t just will the flags off a person’s waist; you must grab them with the precision of a karate master snatching a fly from the air, to achieve the greatness of Jared’s pants before...
...students at last night’s meeting sought to do more. Suggestions included encouraging students to fill out dining feedback cards expressing their support for the staff, mass e-mailing student organizations and House lists to raise awareness, and covering a dining hall table with a rainbow flag as a tablecloth. “People will use the excuse of layoffs to get rid of problematic employees,” SLAM leader Alyssa M. Aguilera ’08-’09 said last night. “As students, we can yell outside Holyoke Center, and we?...
...front of the House Financial Services Committee hearing, the former investment manager told how his nine years of repeated warnings to SEC enforcement officials went ignored and how they dismissed his detailed "red flag" reports. Markopolos also told the committee that tomorrow he will be turning over evidence to the SEC of another major Ponzi scheme, a $1 billion "mini-Madoff." It's expected that the SEC will pay closer attention to him this time. (Read "Bernie Madoff's Victims: Why Some Have No Recourse...