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...sooner we face that reality, the more rational our analysis will be. Tom Minchin Melbourne, Australia What even the ordinary man in the street foresaw before the Bush Administration started its war has at last come true: a country that the dictator Saddam held together with a brutal, tight grip is spinning out of control. People unaccustomed to democracy and split by long-lasting rivalries are unlikely to seek peaceful coexistence. Maybe the American ideal of a national melting pot enticed the Bush Administration into irresponsibly simplifying the complicated situation in Iraq. Hans Gerbig Gersthofen, Germany The choice in Iraq...
...with the close win.”“One-goal and overtime games are sort of the expectation,” Anderson said. “We had to dig in and play good defense, and we did.”Though the team maintained its grip on the lead, Harvard players expressed some disappointment with their third-quarter performance.“We showed a little bit of lack of poise at times, and had a few more penalties than we should have,” Anderson said. “But part of that is playing...
...don’t go to class, I go to required sections, and then I come to the [robot] lab,” he says, almost robotically. While some members manage to find time for other activities, others acknowledge robots have an all-consuming grip over their souls. Says Y. Richard Gong ‘09 only half-jokingly, “RoboCup is my life...
...threat of U.S. nukes, the villagers take heart. "For the years to come, we will live with our eyes turned to the sky, waiting for the American bombs to rain down on us, waiting to prove to the dictator our courage, and our loyalty." Li knows the warm grip of collective insanity...
...have found a biological blockbuster just the same. "Every decade there are more people, more roads, more human control over the earth," says expedition co-leader Bruce Beehler, of the environmental NGO Conservation International. "It's nice to know there are a few places we haven't got a grip on." Among their finds...