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...first time ever, first-years will be limited to a maximum of eight students in their housing lottery blocking groups--half the size of groups from years past...
Colgate offensive uses him to his maximum capacity and I think we did a good job of shutting him down for the most part...
Under cover of night, a white bus marked SHERIFF PRISONER TRANSPORT pulls into a sprawling concrete compound with a cargo of new fish--convict slang for first-timers. The passengers are segregated by iron grilles into minimum-, medium- and maximum-security seating. They cannot see the shadowy outline of the snow-capped Wasatch mountains because the only windows on the bus are narrow and situated high above their heads. The bus lurches to a stop, and an officer cheerily calls out, "Welcome to jail. Does anyone want to be handcuffed...
...have surprised Russia's generals. Any book on the last war would have told them that the rebels would eventually raid occupied towns to show that no part of Chechnya was secure. Any book would also have told them the attackers would head straight for military headquarters to cause maximum humiliation. In the case of Shali, the guerrillas had even announced they were coming back. Before abandoning the town last December, recalls Isa Madayev, chief of administration in a small town next door, the rebels warned they would return if there were any Russian abuses. Early last week, more than...
...ambassador, took over the presidency of the Security Council this month. They were not disappointed. Last week he devoted the council's first session in the new century to an unprecedented discussion of AIDS, normally the domain of lesser U.N. branches. And in a move guaranteed to draw maximum attention, he turned the presidency of the session over to Al Gore, an unusual platform for a U.S. Vice President. It was the first time the Security Council has discussed a health issue, and China and Russia pointedly refused to join in, insisting the council was not the proper forum...