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...Another option for Marjah is to let the farmers harvest the opium and sell it off - and then grab the men who try to smuggle it to the syndicates' heroin labs elsewhere in Afghanistan and in global markets beyond. This would punish the traffickers and their Taliban protectors without hurting the farmers. "Once the farmers are handed their money, we'll close in on the traffickers' trucks and labs," says a NATO general. But counternarcotics agents worry that the drug lords will find ways to get their hands on the opium anyway. The weak link in the chain...
...option is to adhere to the previous Administration's philosophy, which held that the U.S. cannot want peace more than the parties themselves. But America's security interests in the greater Middle East won't be met without a lasting solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A second option for Obama is to continue to insist on the limited goal of an Israeli settlement freeze. But Washington has little power to compel such a freeze, and demanding one provides the Palestinians with an excuse not to engage in direct talks with Israel. A third option, outlined by the Israeli political...
...Dudley Co-operative Society has been dishing up home-cooked food since 1958, when it was established as an alternative housing option at the University...
Rooms: Rooms vary greatly, from walkthrough doubles to duplex octoplets. However, singles are guaranteed for seniors, and a River view is an option. Some rooms will have the occasional unwanted pests, leading to occasional fits of shrieking. As for party suites, Eliot has a selection of notorious rooms. Ground Zero has become a regular stop for freshmen on a Saturday night, and so has the Cockpit. This year, a sophomore blocking group christened their eight-man duplex The Octagon and threw raging parties every couple of weeks...
...though Specter promised not to be a rubber stamp for his new party, he has since shifted leftward into its mainstream. He went from opposing a government-run public option on health care to supporting one and from voting for the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 to urging for its repeal. Specter has also reversed himself to support the controversial idea of pushing health care legislation through with "reconciliation," a parliamentary process that would get it past a filibuster. "That kind of cynical political opportunism turns people off. It's what people think is wrong with Washington," says Toomey...