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...banknotes being delivered to the town's banks, is shrouded in mystery. The U.S. claimed to have killed first 46, then 54, many of them wearing the uniform of Saddam's Fedayeen. But their bodies were not found on the battlefield or in the local hospital, while locals insist that only civilian bystanders were killed. Still, by the accounts of both locals and American troops, the fighting was fierce and protracted. The idea of forces loyal to Saddam Hussein still running around in uniform seven months after U.S. forces took control of Iraq - and capable, according to the account...
Snacks weren’t as easy to come by this summer, however, when their George Foreman grill was their primary cooking tool. Although it is hard to imagine how the grill could lead to unwanted mess, the offensive linemen insist that no amount of cleaning could rid their room of a mysterious smell...
...those things combined have created a quarterback that those closest to him insist does not belong in the Ivy League...
Still, duty calls: The pesky safety-schoolers insist once again on challenging our obvious might, and a crimson campus rises to denounce its mewling foes. It won’t be as exciting, perhaps, as beating a real team, but if we don’t make Eli smile weakly through his tears at our merciful promise not to thrash him again for a full year, who will...
Both sides insist that HRL has given no ground. “As much as I’d like to think that it’s a concession, I couldn’t say that it is,” says Evelyn Becker, deputy communications director at NARAL Pro-Choice America. “[Abortion] is a choice. Are they acknowledging that? I guess. To the extent that they’re recognizing that, well, OK. But the message they’re giving is certainly not in support of that choice...