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...feeding multitudes with a few loaves of bread. Flying the banner of "Islam in Danger," his small lashkars, or war bands, ambushed convoys and raided prominent towns, killing Hindu traders and marching off with money and munitions. For colonial officials in London and New Delhi, this was no minor uprising of petty bandits. Intelligence estimates at the time counted 400,000 fighting men among the various Pashtun tribes, at least half of them armed with modern rifles. The insurgency forced the British to commit as many as 40,000 troops to the frontier, and, as World War II raged...
Sitrick says companies have to be aggressive about responding to bloggers, lest a minor controversy multiply into a major media scandal. Sitrick employs so-called truth squads in sensitive cases, who monitor blogs for items on clients and quickly counter any false rumors...
...think when Harvard Lacrosse was recruiting those kids from Duke’s team they put them through the charade of prefrosh weekend? No, they just paid for a night at Scores and promised to cover their AD dues as well. These are just minor problems of Harvard that are indicative of grander social scene issues. The repressiveness of this school is as persistent as our viral counts in the face of sophisticated drug cocktails. No amount of persuasion can make a Harvard student have fun, just like no amount of scratching will make the itching go away, it will...
...Harvard’s houses count as within such an area, as does most of the City of Boston. Other examples are even starker. Genarlow Wilson, for instance, is serving 10 years for what all parties agree was consensual oral sex because under Georgia law oral sex with a minor counts as child molestation. Jose E. Lopez of North Carolina received a 15-year sentence for unknowingly allowing an acquaintance to use a hotel room rented in his name to deal cocaine. Mandatory minimum sentences also aggravate our already ineffective prison system. In the words of Patrick...
...Both of the members of our top boat, [sophomore] Megan Watson and [senior] Christina Dahlman were both injured,” freshman Liz Powers explained. “They had minor injuries that they could have sailed on, but we wanted to play on the safe side and save them for next weekend...