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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...charge directly into the line of fire. "If you ride fast enough, you can get to them," an Alliance spokesman later explained. "You ride straight at them. The tank will only have time to get off one or two rounds before you get there." The rebels were told to leap on top of the tanks, pull the Taliban gunners out through the open hatches and kill them. The first land battle in the century's first war began with a showdown from a distant age: fearless men on horseback against modern artillery. America's money was on the ponies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Afghan Way of War | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...magical world that forces the reader to use his or her imagination and enter Harry’s world. It is easy enough to relate to Harry’s life with his aunt and uncle, because people like that certainly exist in everyday life; however, it takes a leap to put oneself in the world that begins on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at the train station. Part of the draw of these books is that exact leap, stretching one’s imagination further than normal life allows. Perhaps people today are losing the ability to use their...

Author: By Sarah N. Kunz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Why is Harry so Famous? | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...former-Houston-Oilers-now-Tennessee Titans had a devious way of making an entire city leap on the proverbial bandwagon in anticipation of a championship and then stomping upon the heart of every single individual who ever shouted, “Luv Ya Blue...

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tran-spotting: Crimson Helps Skeptical Fan Find A Home Team | 11/15/2001 | See Source »

former-Houston-Oilers-now-Tennessee-Titans had a devious way of making an entire city leap on the proverbial

Author: By Cathy Tran, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tran-spotting: Thanks, Harvard Football | 11/14/2001 | See Source »

...charge directly into the line of fire. "If you ride fast enough, you can get to them," an Alliance spokesman later explained. "You ride straight at them. The tank will only have time to get off one or two rounds before you get there." The rebels were told to leap on top of the tanks, pull the Taliban gunners out through the open hatches and kill them. The first land battle in the century's first war began with a showdown from a distant age: fearless men on horseback against modern artillery. America's money was on the ponies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Afghan Way of War | 11/11/2001 | See Source »

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