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...needed at least 250,000 troops, Rumsfeld wanted no more than 100,000, fearing that larger numbers gathered on Saddam's doorstep would present a tempting target. Rumsfeld was also enamored of the dubious idea, backed by a few gung-ho Pentagon civilians, that a small force could hook up with tribesmen in the north and south and get the job done quickly. That might have worked against ragtag warlords in Afghanistan, but it would be dangerous in Iraq, where Saddam has a 400,000-man army. As the plan bounced between Washington and Franks' Tampa, Fla., headquarters, Franks' troop...
...Lips have retained the lush electronic orchestration they experimented with on their most recent albums, “The Soft Bulletin” and “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots,” but this time they’ve married it to pop grooves that hook harder than most of their previous outings. There’s always been a hint of nostalgia to the Lips’ psychedelic flavor, but there’s nothing subtle about the ’70s references on “Mystics.” Both...
...successors of University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean Kirby cannot stop there, however. If Summers truly believes that “the larger the lake you fish in, the bigger fish you will catch,” then he should ensure that Harvard’s financial aid hook is baited with middle-income lures as well. The problem, as I alluded to before, is that these lures will be very expensive because there are so many more middle-income students than lower-income students. As HFAI progresses, there will be less media fanfare for more money, and fewer...
...previous in terms of sheer technical prowess. It’s far and away the most exhilarating track on the album and easily the most fun thing Prince has recorded in a decade. And what would a Prince record be without a salacious slow-jam for your hook-up mixtape? “Incense and Candles” fits the bill nicely. Prince and a female accompanist exchange sexy bon mots over a simple keyboard melody as the track builds to its climax: Prince’s spoken word interlude, in which he describes in graphic detail how he plans...
...really no need to rely solely on tradition: Sex-segregated housing reflects mainstream American society, where young, unmarried men and women living together in close quarters is something that is frowned upon. The reasons range from an intuitive sense of decency to practical worries about discomfort and hook-ups, all of which seem contrived or “medieval” to a good many youths who don’t have children of their own to fret about. Students’ financial dependency rarely translates into fealty for students’ parents and the morals of past generations...