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...middle have been Graham's fellow military lawyers, many of whom share misgivings about the detainee program. At a closed session of the Armed Services Committee last week, Senator John Cornyn of Texas brandished a letter signed by top lawyers of each service saying they "do not object" to a key part of Bush's plan. But he may have overstated their level of support. "That's not the whole story," Graham said to Cornyn, according to a witness. Last week, amid bitter Republican infighting and despite a White House lobbying effort that brought both Bush and Vice President Cheney...
...denominations, whether their symbols are crescent moons or crosses. Denise Bonhomme Sunnyvale, California, U.S. Pluto in Exile Why the sudden controversy over Pluto's planetary status after all these years [Aug. 28]? To call it a planet, a watermelon or a beach ball changes nothing. It remains the same object it always was. John M. Reynolds Augusta, Georgia, U.S. Severgnini's Italia Beppe Severgnini's new book, Label-La Figura, provides a good way to understand Italy [Aug. 28]. He's the best person to describe the highs and the lows of our country. Most books on the subject drown...
When you tell your fellow peers that you plan to be a Women, Gender, and Sexuality concentrator, try not to get disheartened when they respond with a “huh?” And when your parents object to the title of your department, you can snappily retort that it’s an honors-only concentration. While the concentration is usually erroneously depicted as a haven for radical feminists, it is actually a close analogue of Social Studies. It’s safe to say that the number of jocks and Republicans is low to non-existent...
...Many Happy Returns, Twelfth Imam! The Mahdi, an imam who happens to be Ahmadinejad's favorite, has become the object of frenzied and government-nurtured worship
...Many Happy Returns, Twelfth Imam! The Mahdi, an imam who happens to be Ahmadinejad's favorite, has become the object of frenzied and government-nurtured worship