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...fencers in each weapon (epee, foil and saber) qualify in both the men’s and women’s fields with a maximum of two from the same school in any division. Harvard qualified two fencers in both the men’s saber and women’s foil...
...when the Marines captured their first town, Umm Qasr, and the American flag was reflexively raised in triumph, it was quickly hauled down. In the early hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom, its diplomacy was as stunning as its precision: from the reluctance to use maximum force for the first few nights to the patient efforts to secure a mass surrender to the decision--even after the awesome bombing began--to leave the electricity in Baghdad untouched and the public infrastructure intact. Donald Rumsfeld at war seems far more tactful than Donald Rumsfeld in peace...
...when the Marines captured their first town, Umm Qasr, and the American flag was reflexively raised in triumph, it was quickly hauled down. In the early hours of Operation Iraqi Freedom, its diplomacy was as stunning as its precision: from the reluctance to use maximum force for the first few nights to the patient efforts to secure a mass surrender to the decision - even after the awesome bombing began - to leave the electricity in Baghdad untouched and the public infrastructure intact. Donald Rumsfeld at war seems far more tactful than Donald Rumsfeld in peace...
...imperative for our military to move swiftly and the need to avoid innocent casualties creates a complex juggling act - finishing the war quickly, as President Bush said late Wednesday, requires maximum force. But maximum force also greatly increases the risks of civilian casualties, particularly since Saddam has deployed so many of his key military resources in civilian population centers. Most of the ordinance dropped by U.S. planes these days is guided with precision to its targets by satellite or laser-pointer, but precision bombing require precision intelligence - the U.S. bomb that destroyed the Chinese embassy in Belgrade...
Lewis halves the maximum size of blocking groups to eight from the current cap of 16, hoping to increase student involvement in House life...