Word: nicks
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...West generally is aware of only kidnappings that are politically motivated, like the abduction and subsequent beheading of American businessman Nick Berg. But the practice is far more common, and the kidnappers--the men who initially seize the innocents--are often petty criminals. "Those who take the hostages are not sophisticated," says Andrew White, director of the Iraqi Center for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace. "They're thugs, gangsters...
It’s been more than a year since Neil Rose ’02-’03 and Nick Palazzo ’03 led Harvard to glory on the gridiron...
...three quarterbacks—Fitzpatrick and the Bulldogs’ Alvin Cowan—are returning for their senior seasons. The Ivies return their top three running backs—the Crimson’s Clifton Dawson, the Quakers’ Sam Mathews and Brown’s Nick Hartigan—from a year ago. Both of the big play Ivy receivers—Harvard’s Brian Edwards and Penn’s Dan Castles—return as well. From an offensive standpoint, it’s clear that the Ivy League will be vastly improved...
...only one prison, it is enough to make the already explosive situation in Iraq much more volatile. Some Americans might defend the actions of the guards at Abu Ghraib by arguing that Iraqi insurgents would do much worse to captured U.S. citizens, as unfortunately was the case with Nick Berg. But the U.S. should certainly not rely on the same methods that terrorists use. Because of events at Abu Ghraib, the U.S. will need even stronger determination to win the hearts and minds of the Iraqis. Alexander Grasbeck Southampton, England...
...Nick A. Will, the editor of Harbus—the student newspaper of the Business School—resigns after the school threatened him with disciplinary action for publishing a cartoon that criticized the school’s Office of Career Services...