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...fact, almost nobody was happy with the rule—not the large South Korean contingent who claimed they were being discriminated against because of their frequent wins; not the number one women’s golfer in the world, a Mexican who despite speaking fluent English called the rule “a little drastic”; not the numerous socially conscious citizens across the country who blogged about the rule’s unfairness for foreign players and questioned why the rule only applied to female golfers. Their perplexity is understandable. As reported by the press, the rule...
...Similar attacks continued sporadically, becoming more frequent in early 2008 after negotiations on the issue between the U.S. and Pervez Musharraf. The U.S. also stopped warning the Pakistani military about attacks ahead of time, as had been customary, since too many militants, it seemed, knew what was coming. The stepped-up strikes began yielding more results. In January, al-Qaeda commander Abu Laith al-Libi was killed, along with a dozen purported militants. But a May attack in Damadola, said to be targeting Algerian al-Qaeda operative Abu Sulaymen Jazairi, killed more civilians, while a July strike in South Waziristan...
...Shen’s strategy aside, this year’s freshman class is already a noticeable presence on campus. “I don’t know how all these students found out,” said Martha Creedon, a Systems Office employee and frequent MAC patron, who was one of two non-students who showed up for the cycling introduction. “I thought it would be just a bunch of old farts like us.” —Staff Writer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...
...guests on Air America Radio's The Rachel Maddow Show, from Michael Moore to Viggo Mortensen. MSNBC hosts Nora O'Donnell and David Gregory (for whom Maddow has served as a regular panelist) have said her name wrong, as have most of her Air America co-workers, including her frequent co-host David Bender and the big-voiced announcer guy who introduces the show each day from 6 to 9 p.m. ET on Air America affiliates, the network's podcasts and satellite radio. (Maddow herself recently got it wrong too.) For years she has happily played a sound bite from...
...only the latest to suggest Sarkozy has blurred the lines between personal friendships and presidential responsibilities. Following his election last year, for example, Sarkozy accepted the free use of a yacht owned by billionaire businessman Vincent Bolloré - a gift detractors call a potential conflict of interest, given the frequent intervention of the state into French economic affairs...