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...know I consider both sides in an election before I vote,” he said. “I looked at what the Democrats are saying. They’re saying, ‘Listen we want more of your money and we’re not really keen on preemptively protecting you from bad guys.’ You know what folks? I don’t want the bad guys to have the next move. I don’t want to see two more big buildings blown up.” The comic intimated that...
...record speaks for itself. Jantzen (24-1), the third-ranked wrestler in the nation, has lost just once this season. It came at the hands of Arizona State’s No. 1 Eric Larkin in the semifinals of the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational. Jantzen lost to the No. 2 wrestler in the nation—Minnesota’s Jared Lawrence—during the NCAA tournament last season, where he placed third. This was the best finish for a Harvard wrestler since 1953. Last year’s EIWA champion, Jantzen should have no problem repeating...
...Keen to show that the family women, too, know their way around an assault rifle, Muntaha arranges a demonstration at her office. Pulling some strings at the local Ba'ath Party office, she has two AK-47s brought to her office. She and her daughter, Sabreen, dress for the occasion in olive green military uniforms and black veils pulled across their faces to form masks. They then run through some basic drills they learned at rifle training two years ago. This includes dismantling and reassembling the rifles...
...Gregory Mankiw is a terrific economist with a keen interest in public policy,” University President Lawrence H. Summers said through a spokesperson. “Harvard’s temporary loss as he goes on leave will be the country’s gain...
...goes right to the heart of whether the WTO can work or not," says Nathan Ford of Doctors Without Borders, a group pushing hard to loosen restrictions on generics. So far, it isn't working. The U.S. pharmaceutical industry, with American sales of $192 billion last year, is keen to limit imported generic drugs to those treating malaria, TB and aids, fearing a broader agreement could create a generic market in lucrative "lifestyle drugs" like Viagra. Worse, they fear generics could migrate back to countries where patents are protected. Of course, developing countries would have more money...