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...from home, bored, sometimes ill-educated and often frightened. If you are a high-minded imperialist, sooner or later - whether in a village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad - your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you - and they - will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of a Bad Idea | 5/30/2004 | See Source »

...question about that,” said Quinnipiac coach Mike Quitko, whose eight-man lineup will feature five freshmen to Harvard’s probable four seniors and two juniors. “But my team is young, and maybe, being young, they’ll just be foolish enough to think they...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 21 M. Tennis To Face Young Quinnipiac | 5/14/2004 | See Source »

...from home, bored, sometimes ill-educated and often frightened. If you are a high-minded imperialist, sooner or later-whether in a village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad-your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you-and they-will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of a Bad Idea | 5/11/2004 | See Source »

...from home, bored, sometimes ill-educated and often frightened. If you are a high-minded imperialist, sooner or later?whether in a village in Kenya, a Casbah in Algiers, or a jail in Baghdad?your young soldiers will get you into trouble. They will do something so foolish or impetuous or horrible that all your good work will be forgotten, and you?and they?will be reviled for it. "In Burma," George Orwell once wrote, "I was constantly struck by the fact that the common soldiers were the best-hated section of the white community, and judged simply by their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of a Bad Idea | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...even as a state legislative committee was studying the machines' reliability. The panel recommended a few weeks ago that the state void all voting-machine contracts and require a newer technology that provides a paper trail of votes cast. Blackwell's spokesman called the committee's move "outrageous and foolish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign '04: The Vexations Of Voting Machines | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

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