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...November four Harvard undergraduates were arrested in Miami for failing to disperse from a protest, although they were walking backwards on a sidewalk, hands over their heads, shouting “we are dispersing.” Only a George Orwell, with his ironic sense of officialspeak, could have conjured such a scene. The students were arrested for following orders...

Author: By Tom Hayden, | Title: Harvard and Miami | 1/7/2004 | See Source »

...women's federation: as deputy director of a Baghdad field office, she's responsible for planning and logistics across a quarter of the city. Oh, and she's met Saddam four times. "The president's door is always open to his people," she says, lapsing again into officialspeak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Waiting to Kill Americans | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

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