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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Furthermore, the HK416 is just one component of an already existing gun. Converting the Army’s inventory of M4’s to use the new part would be much cheaper and more cost-effective than buying an entirely new weapons system in the near future, such as the heavily hyped but ultimately disappointing XM29 Objective Infantry Combat Weapon...

Author: By Eugene Kim | Title: Fighting With Sticks and Stones | 2/1/2008 | See Source »

...Giuliani collapse wasn't totally unexpected?a twice-divorced, pro-choice, anti-gun New Yorker was a tough sell in a Republican primary?the cause certainly was. Who would have expected the mayor who declared war on criminals, squeegee men, graffiti artists, jaywalkers and even purveyors of "incivility"?in other words, New Yorkers?to shy away from a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mr. Sunshine | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...lord as he resorts to any means to fulfill his quest for domination. Carrying out Belichick’s cunning plans are his very own Darth Vader (Tom Brady) and Boba Fett (Randy Moss). Brady, too perfect and too efficient, is more robot than man. Moss is a hired gun brought in by the Empire to ruthlessly eliminate its enemies, leaving destruction in his wake in the form of broken touchdown records. Coach Tom Coughlin leads the Rebellion, otherwise known as the upstart Giants. Coughlin plays the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi, a seemingly crazy old man who makes...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AMOR PERFECT UNION: Giants Believe In Power of "Maybe" | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

...name, Louisiana’s recently inaugurated governor sounds like a traditional Southern conservative. He has a track record of supporting permanent military presence in Iraq, legislating against a woman’s right to an abortion, allowing government surveillance without a warrant, upholding tough immigration enforcement, shooting down gun control laws, and prohibiting human embryonic stem cell research. Indeed, the main reason Bobby Jindal—the state’s first minority governor since Reconstruction—catapulted to victory was that he was so utterly indistinguishable from the mostly white voting base...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira | Title: The Brown Blessing | 1/30/2008 | See Source »

...Rudy has certainly confounded expectations, plummeting from front-runner to also-ran in just a few weeks. And if the plunge wasn't totally unexpected - a twice-divorced, pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-gay-rights New Yorker had to be a tough sell in a Republican primary - the cause certainly was. Who would have thought the man who declared war on New York's criminals, squeegee men, street vendors, taxi drivers, graffiti artists, jaywalkers and even purveyors of "incivility" - in other words, New Yorkers - was going to shy away from a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giuliani Completes His Collapse | 1/29/2008 | See Source »

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