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After Sept. 11, 2001, many of our citizens may feel they can’t be safe enough, that civil liberties should be suspended in the face of mere street demonstrations. But there is a proven alternative to throwing out the Constitution. U.S. officials can take a lesson from the Mexican government and police. During quite militant demonstrations against the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Cancun last September, unarmed Mexican police held their positions without using pepper spray or clubbing and arresting demonstrators. They proved that the state can de-escalate repressive police tactics and still preserve trade forums...
...When the Iraq war began, the French Foreign Minister refused a reporter's question as to which side he wanted to win. This was not a mere expression of pique. When the existential enemy was Nazism or communism, the world rallied to the American protector. But Arab-Islamic radicalism is different. Its hatreds are wide, but its strategic focus is America. Its monument is ground zero. Ground zero is not in Paris...
...Archos AV320 Multimedia Jukebox Why limit yourself to mere audio? Billing itself as the world's first "handheld personal entertainment center," the AV320 is a camera, MP4 video player and MP3 player rolled into one. Watch up to 40 hours of movies, view up to 200,000 photos, or enjoy 1,000 hours of music. Connect it to your PC and it acts as an extra hard disk for storing any kind of data...
...setting aside interview rooms, etc.—does not deny or effectively prevent military recruiters access to a campus or its students. Therefore it would seem that when law schools in Washington go out of their way to cooperate by providing military recruiters with additional assistance beyond mere “access,” their actions are illegal under the HRA, and they can be sued for injunctive relief, damages and even attorneys’ fees...
...Crimson was penalized because it exited the locker room—in Harvard coach Mark Mazzoleni’s estimation—a mere 10 seconds late...