Word: obvious
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unfortunately, after just a few days of playing, it becomes painfully obvious that assassin regularly generates enough dispute, bitterness, and resentment to far outweigh any harmony it might create. The situation is only exacerbated by the House assassin council's unwillingness to make special provisions for important House activities which actually do foster a sense of camaraderie, such as House Crew. After a month of practice and conditioning, Quincy rowers are reluctant to come to breakfast as a team or to meet for practices in the morning for fear of being killed, thereby letting their assassin teams down...
...most obvious response to such criticisms is that the game has the potential to remain harmless and fun if only those playing could take it less seriously. True enough, yet the game is specifically designed to be both intense and prolonged. Rather than having one big barbecue which features a shoot-out or various games, Quincy House assassin typically lasts between two and three weeks during one of the most important academic times of the semester, leading up to Spring exams. Furthermore, the assassin council website lists hitmen who spend whole days of their final semester at Harvard roaming around...
There can be no question, however, that he leaves a physical legacy at Adams--the most obvious being the gloriously renovated dining hall, a project that was completed under his direction. Few know that it was Kiely who also spent years fighting vigorously for the glass-ceilinged private dining hall next door. After several architects, Kiely finally found one who thought the challenge of enclosing the space in between two Adams structures was doable...
...NATO assessment last year determined it would take up to 200,000 allied troops to invade and secure Kosovo. Both Cohen and General Henry Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were leery of any such mission, especially when its goals seemed vague. Now it is obvious that NATO could not have built up such a force before Milosevic had gobbled up Kosovo. And sending in ground forces in the face of Serb resistance would be bloody. Mountainous Balkan terrain makes for tougher fighting than Iraq's wide open deserts; Serbs would hold the high ground, including passes...
...Kosovars back and stand guard inside Kosovo's borders for years to come. Yet any new political arrangement butts up against the fact that Milosevic has captured the kingdom. "As much as we wish we could stop him in his tracks," says a senior NATO diplomat, "it's obvious there will have to be an element of rollback in our future plans...