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When I was a senior in high school, everyone told me that at Harvard—a premier university with countless opportunities—I could do anything I wanted. And within the first month of my freshman year, I had plans to maintain an avid social life, to join a dozen clubs, to hear every interesting speaker who came to campus and to graduate with honors and a Masters. (Thanks to my advanced standing, I was ahead of the game!) I saw Harvard’s countless opportunities as a challenge for me to take advantage of them...
...brutal assessment. With fresh troops in limited supply and many of Washington's coalition partners bailing out, U.S. commanders have spent months scrambling to train and push forward Iraqi security and police forces who can relieve exhausted U.S. troops, lift the U.S.'s footprint from the occupation and maintain law and order after June 30, when the U.S. plans to turn over sovereignty to a caretaker Iraqi government. The results aren't encouraging. Military officials say that in areas where anti-U.S. violence broke out early this month, only half the local members of the ICDC, an estimated...
With so much of Iraq in danger of sliding out of its control, the U.S. will need to maintain cooperation from Iraqis like those in the 306th Battalion if it is to have any chance of restoring order. Raied, the battalion's executive officer, says, "We will continue to support the U.S. troops until June 30. We want to see if they keep their promises." The U.S., in turn, is staking its hopes for stability on Iraqis like Raied and Sergeant Adnan, who was one of two members of his company who turned up after the April 4 fighting started...
Bear in mind too that carbs are linked to the regulation of a key neurotransmitter called serotonin, which, says M.I.T. brain researcher Judith Wurtman, "is essential for feelings of fullness as well as a good mood." And again, complex, not simple, carbs are the best way to maintain an even keel when it comes to both appetite and mood...
...years ahead, BlackCAST would like to maintain the popularity of Eleganza as a way of challenging the traditionally rigid reputation that Harvard has of creating an unsupported artistic community...