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...brink of a decisive battle for Baghdad," Lieberman said on the Senate floor. But that was wrong too: the counterinsurgency tactics General Petraeus will use are gradual, not "decisive" in the traditional military sense. We are not on the brink of anything except a long hard slog. I suspect Lieberman understands this but is hyping the mission for dramatic effect. If so, he is raising unfair expectations for the troops and the nation. I'd say that comes pretty damn close to undermining the mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What It Means to Support the Troops | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...their fabulous outfits and their Prada pumps, and I decided that this was a sport I could get behind. But biking in Europe turned out to be a whole lot easier than biking back in New York City, mostly because of the absence of storage space in my third-floor walk-up and a personal aesthetic sense that did not allow for a bike hung on the wall to count...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trends: Know When to Fold 'Em | 2/8/2007 | See Source »

...guys have done some great things for Harvard undergrads—universal swipe access, 24-hour Lamont, and the Lamont Café. Is there any way for you guys to introduce a bill to get people to shut the hell up in Lamont’s 5th floor reading room...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...actually the point person when they came that day[…]the floor manager and I exchanged words on whether textbooks should be expensive or not, and whether or not price gouging was a good thing. And then…they kicked us out. I was actually kicked out three times, but they would follow me around the store, and ask me to leave. I think that we’ll be able to work through our differences and give students the best possible prices on textbooks...

Author: By Jessica M. Luna, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...time,” she told me, “I want you to see my friend. She was your age when she was arrested. She was young.” After a pause, she continued: “We were in the prison together. We sat on the floor, blindfolded. It was like a barn, you know, like where they keep animals,” she added, so I would understand. I nodded. There wasn’t much...

Author: By Lauren R. Foote | Title: Torture Under Pinochet | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

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