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Almost no one noticed when a large jet swooped over the military mess hall at the Baghdad airport last Thursday evening. The 1st Armored Division's big brass band was noodling through jazz standards like Take the A Train while 550 soldiers sat at refectory tables, looking hungry and impatient to return to their camps so they could call their families for Thanksgiving. Finally, L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. proconsul in Iraq, took the stage and asked if there was anyone in the room more senior than he who could read the President's Thanksgiving message to the troops. There...
...strong flock of St. Mark's Square are exempt. Paris officially welcomes pigeons as "the only sign of biodiversity in the city center," but is now testing public pigeonniers - lofts like those already in use in 20 German cities. Each houses hundreds of birds: their mess is contained and their eggs removed or sterilized. Belgium adores its racing pigeons, but escapees swell the ranks of street pests, so many cities issue fines ranging from $30 to $3,000 for feeding them and hire contractors to cull birds. In Hindu mythology, the pigeon is the chosen bird of the love...
...shuttle I was on drove around New Haven for an hour and a half. We eventually got off the bus and just walked to the stadium,” said Camilo A. Mejia ’04. “It was a mess. It was chaotic, just like it is every two years...
Moseley Braun once argued she was a qualified candidate by saying, “A woman can fix the mess they have created, because we are practical, we are not afraid of partnerships and we are committed to making the world better for our children. The men have done it, and what do we have?” If a male candidate argued he would be more effective than a woman in Iraq because of his natural inclination for aggression, he would be eaten alive by feminist groups. By using her gender as a political tool, Moseley Braun is being...
Snacks weren’t as easy to come by this summer, however, when their George Foreman grill was their primary cooking tool. Although it is hard to imagine how the grill could lead to unwanted mess, the offensive linemen insist that no amount of cleaning could rid their room of a mysterious smell...