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...them were sure that they would thrive in what was at that point a minority membership,” Freehling said...
...guerrillas aren't down for the count yet; but their membership, according to U.S. intelligence, has been halved to about 10,000 in recent years, and FARC's command structure is dwindling. Weeks before Marulanda died on March 26, his No. 2, Raul Reyes, was killed in a controversial Colombian army raid on a FARC camp over the border in Ecuador; and this month another top comandante, Eldaneyis Mosquera, alias Katrina, surrendered to Colombian authorities and called on her comrades to do the same. Over the weekend, Uribe claimed that other FARC honchos have offered to lay down their arms...
...hundreds of e-mails a day now. It's a very busy and stressful time at the moment; we have had a massive load of membership requests...
...Dion's selection, which was made in 2005. Nor is there anything new in the Legion inducting honorees whose selection induces a blanching response among people of taste. While professional cynics such Porte lavishly mock a national joke (and Sarkozy pal) such as wrinkled rocker Johnny Hallyday enjoying Legion membership, they energetically defend Jerry Lewis deserving the same honor. Similarly, while some argue that actor G?rard Depardieu has done more than enough to merit his selection, it's difficult to find anyone in France who even knows who kitsch artist Jeff Koons is - much less why he's sharing...
...Yard on Commencement day would clearly realize that “throng” is a much more appropriate verb to describe the great masses crowding in for the historic ceremony. “Join” is a word more appropriate for the purchase of an online dating membership. When I graduate, I don’t want to merely “join” my classmates; with my brothers and sisters of Harvard and our proud faculty and parents, I want to “throng” to our great jubilee in historic Tercentenary Theatre...