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...culminating in 1984's Born in the U.S.A., one of the best -selling albums of all time. With with over 15 million copies sold in the U.S. alone, the album remains the most successful in Columbia Records' history; 7 of its tracks became Top 10 singles. Released at the height of Ronald Reagan's 1984 reelection campaign, the song "Born in the USA" itself was widely seen as a jingoistic anthem, despite lyrics expressing anger and frustration over the treatment of Vietnam veterans...
Frequenters of admissions gossip sites like College Confidential just got one more source for admissions news—from The New York Times. The Times venture, called “The Choice: Demystifying College Admissions and Aid,” was launched Monday at the height of admissions frenzy. The project was headed by NYT education writer Jacques Steinberg, who is also the author of “The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College.” According to Steinberg, the blog is intended to be a resource for high school students and their parents...
...Sahwa have returned after seeking forgiveness, but they are still Sahwa," the source tells TIME. "They wear the government's uniform, but they plant explosives and sticky bombs. The Sahwa is the biggest recruiting pool for al-Qaeda." (See the most dangerous streets of Baghdad at the height of the insurgency...
...bombing raid came after an intelligence tip-off. In early January, at the height of Israel's assault on Gaza, Israel's foreign-intelligence agency, Mossad, was told by an informant that Iran was planning a major delivery of 120 tons of arms and explosives to Gaza, including antitank rockets and Fajir rockets with a 25-mile (40 km) range and a 99-lb. (45 kg) warhead. With little time to plan the operation, naval vessels and helicopters were rushed to the Red Sea in case Israel had to rescue a downed pilot, and the plan was hurried through...
...place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles.The field part of Harvard’s contingency had its own success, with sophomore Jessica Fronk placing first in the javelin throw and senior Evan Favermann coming in third.Co-captain Becky Christensen also had success, winning the high jump event with a height of 5’10.On the men’s side, freshman John Dingus sat 0.2 seconds out of third place in the 400-meter dash, while sophomore Brian Hill won gold in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:54.33.Freshman Nico Weiler and sophomore Sean Gil took...