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While the concept of a domestic commander may seem natural in a post-September world, it is actually a radical departure for the military. The Pentagon has mostly stayed away from the job of defending American cities and suburbs, leaving it to local cops, fire fighters and haz-mat teams. That tradition has its roots in a law known as the Posse Comitatus (Latin for power of the county) Act of 1878, which bars military personnel from searching, seizing or arresting people in the U.S. Congress passed it after President Ulysses S. Grant ordered troops to serve as federal marshals...
...accept girls, and then just a handful. The regimen at one, a century-old institution in a leafy suburb, remains unchanged from the days of its founding. Girls in their early to mid-teens exercise, study and farm sweet potatoes and cabbages. They live cheek-by-jowl in tatami-mat rooms, sunny and clean but devoid of pop-star posters or any personal belongings whatsoever?the girls can't have cell phones, makeup or even their own underwear. They can leave the campus one day a month on group outings to spend a $23 monthly allowance. Parents rarely visit...
...addition to his points on the mat, Rechul and El-Hayek serve as leaders in the Crimson tradition of wrestling...
...don’t really focus on the paper rankings,” El-Hayek said. “We try to show it on the mat. Anyway, it’s easier to wrestle when you’re not ranked higher—there’s not as much pressure...
...Harvard’s priority on the mat is not to avoid losing, but to focus on specific aspects of the sport that will...