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...Pakistani Play Under normal circumstances, in planning his offensive McChrystal would have had to keep a close watch on Afghanistan's difficult neighbor. Pakistan's support for the Taliban and the Haqqani network has frequently bedeviled U.S. military plans, as Afghan fighters have too easily slipped across the border and found sanctuary. But a year's worth of diplomatic pressure on Islamabad began to pay off before Operation Moshtarak: Pakistan launched a major military offensive of its own in South Waziristan, not against the Afghan Taliban but against its Pakistani cousins known as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking It to the Taliban | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...Americans now own the podium. Thanks in part to an infusion of coaches, technicians, physiologists and other ski specialists devoted to the team in recent years, Johnny Spillane on Feb. 14 clinched the first American Olympic medal in Nordic combined when he won a silver medal in the individual "normal hill" event (the designation refers to the competition that's held on the smaller of the two ski-jumping towers, but there's nothing normal about hurling yourself 100 m off a ramp on skis). But America's second-place finish in the team event on Wednesday, behind gold-medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How America Crashed the Nordic Party | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...throughout high school, I was able to balance my academic pursuits with my violin studies. I took violin pretty seriously; I practiced three hours a day, and commuted three hours each way to study with a renowned professor (ok, maybe my childhood wasn’t that normal). By senior year, I seriously thought about becoming a violinist...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Time Off Makes All The Difference | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

Furthermore, the spending must be high enough to return the economy to normal employment in the foreseeable future, because this is the only solution to avert the generational and psychological catastrophe that will come with high unemployment. However, the necessity of such spending proposals does not allow us to ignore our deficit. Our excessive borrowing is a serious, long-term problem and should be dealt with by focusing on the skyrocketing costs of Medicare and Social Security instead of curbing domestic outlays that are necessary for economic recovery. But any fiscal reforms will be useless if they are implemented...

Author: By Ravi N. Mulani | Title: Spending Now for a Better Future | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

...Paul was a recognizable figure,” said David A. Roosevelt ’93, a close college friend at the time. “He wanted to be a normal guy and a normal student...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Paul S. Wylie ’90-91: U.S. Figure Skating Olympics Silver Medalist | 2/22/2010 | See Source »

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