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Harvard’s defense sagged early on Saturday, but it quickly became an impregnable fortress against the Lafayette Leopards...
With its 2-m-thick walls and squalid cells, the Patarei sea fortress on the edge of Tallinn, capital of the Baltic republic of Estonia, has long borne witness to the brutality of occupation. Built in 1840 by Russian Czar Nicholas I, it was used[an error occurred while processing this directive] as a prison and execution site by the two powers that marched into Estonia in the 20th century, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. But Estonia is once again an independent country, the last prisoners have gone, and one Friday night last month, the fortress was literally pulsating...
...make a thorough assessment to make sure this will not happen again," Filion said. "I don't want to have to lock our doors or make Dawsonlike a fortress. We are about education. First we have to understand why this is happening in society...
...that fortress of secrecy can crumble, fast, when you combine a hit to your popularity (Iraq, Matt Lauer) with a blow to your power (from the Judicial Branch, from Sumner Redstone). Suddenly the public that supported you over the nosy press wants answers. Suddenly you need access to the media more than the media needs access to you. And suddenly, why, your life is an open book...
...suppose if English were to become the official language, the website would have to change, and that could pose a problem at election time. Moreover, I think more revenue would be collected if tax forms continue to be available in Spanish. I suppose with the new mentality of Fortress America, if you're going to build walls to keep out the foreigners, you might as well use language to keep them out as well. Dave Horne Helvoirt, the Netherlands...