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...Halfway to Easy Street, Downs positions his men on a rooftop. Shots kicks up debris in front of a soldier. "Where's that coming from?" calls Downs. "I don't know, but he's trying to shoot me," the soldier replies...
...with the reality that summer is over and that they actually have to wake up before 2 p.m. When I enrolled in elementary Vietnamese, I trekked to Van Serg, home of the East Asian studies department, every morning. Perhaps to provide an authentic Asian experience, the building is located halfway to Vietnam, meaning I had to leave at 8:30 a.m. The story was always the same. The alarm goes off at 8, but I pretend not to hear it. I have to pee, but I deny that my bladder is about to pop. I even convince myself it would...
...order to avoid running out of money for student groups halfway through the year, the council must approach its own initiatives such as concerts, comedians and hypnotists with the same stringent accountability it expects from student groups. With the increased budget, the temptation to approve unnecessary or fiscally irresponsible initiatives simply “because it can” will weigh heavily on the council...
...nation must know, if they sponsor such [terrorist] attacks, our response will be devastating." Asked by TIME just after the election how he would respond to a challenge from Saddam, Bush replied, "I've learned one thing--I'd jump on him. If we launched strikes and they're halfway to the targets, we wouldn't turn them back. I assure you that. If they're launched, they will unload unless [Saddam] backs down. I won't turn them back based on some focus groups...
...long been considered the province of leaping gymnasts and twirling divers, but the rise of this 24-year-old Asian Atlas underscores the country's dramatic impact on the medal rankings after just two decades of Olympic participation. Three days into the 16-day Games, China was already halfway to its officially projected medal count of 20 golds. By Saturday, the country's medal pouch was bulging with 39 honors of every hue. Victories came in China's usual strongholds of diving (three golds so far), shooting (eight medals), weight lifting (six medals) and table tennis (four medals). But China...