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Similarly, students at Michigan go the “extra mile” in the widely attended Naked Mile on the Sunday before reading period. (For a Michigan student’s description of the Naked Mile, see the sidebar at the right...
...Naked Mile...
...special forces had a busy night on Jan. 24. A mile away, they attacked a second Uruzgan compound, which had been seized by rogue warlord Mohammed Yousif - a challenger for the title of district chief. At 2am helicopters landed nearby and soldiers stormed his perimeter. "A great noise woke me up," says the steely Yousif, "and when I got out of my room I could see Americans." He claims he ordered his men not to open fire, but "when I knew they were going to kill us and bombard, I escaped." Yousif and a small coterie of aides evaded...
...seven-block pedestrian zone known as Olympic Square will be searched. Sensors will monitor the local food, air and water supplies for chemical and biological toxins. And the FAA has created a no-fly zone called the "Olympic Ring" for commercial and private planes that encompasses a 45-mile radius from Salt Lake International Airport. Even so, insists Salt Lake Olympic Committee president Mitt Romney, "once you're inside the secure perimeter, it will feel and look just like prior Games...
Cinelli came close to joining the list of winners in the mile, but he was edged out by Brown senior Scott MacDonald by two-hundredths of a second. Cinelli said that his plan was to go out with the leaders and make a move as he approached the final lap, but MacDonald caught...