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...show that it's possible to get results without smashing some guy against the wall or pouring water down his throat. (As Alexander also points out, many in the military did not agree - and still don't.) Originally slated for release months ago, How to Break a Terrorist was held up by a Defense Department review, in which many passages were literally blacked out. Alexander had to sue in order to get the review completed so he could put out his book...
...Marilyn Monroe's favorite Champagne 2 A statue of Dom Pierre Pérignon 3 A bottle of Dom Pérignon 1993 Oenothèque 4 The Benedictine Abbey of Hautvilliers, outside the town of Epernay, France. Pierre Pérignon became the cellar master there in 1668, at age 30, and held the post until his death in 1715 5 Sean Connery, as James Bond, reaches for a bottle of Dom Pérignon in the 1964 film Goldfinger 6 Drew Barrymore, with Cameron Diaz, holds up a bottle of Dom Pérignon en route to the premiere of Charlie's Angels: Full...
...basketball schools did formally battle to see who was best in Beantown. A basketball Beanpot took place semi-regularly four times in the 1970s and the Crimson won half of those, taking the titles in 1973 and 1976. In fact, the 1976 was the last time that tournament was held, making Harvard the reigning basketball Beanpot champion.Harvard will have to wait a bit longer for a chance to defend the title. While it plays each Boston school, Boston College will only face the Crimson this year, knocking this unofficial event out of perfect harmony. Not that this will make Harvard?...
...anti-Semitic?"- To Fox News anchor Sean Hannity during an on-air conversation about Obama's ties to Williams Ayers. Gibbs said that perhaps Hannity's association with a man who had made offensive comments in the past against Jews mean that Hannity himself held the same beliefs (Fox News...
...criticism from India's press, but the Congress Party may yet suffer. Results in New Delhi are awaited, while more elections follow later this week in Rajasthan and the vast central state of Madhya Pradesh. Defeats for the ruling party now would augur poorly for general elections, to be held next May. "We may take a beating," says Congress Member of Parliament Milind Deora, who represents the affluent South Mumbai constituency, which bore the brunt of the terrorist attacks last week. The ruling party replaced outgoing Home Minister Patil with the much-respected Finance Minister P. Chidambaran. But like...