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...First Class Jessica Lynch. When the American war prisoner was freed from an Iraqi hospital on April 1, she immediately became a symbol of U.S. resolve, a much needed hero in a war that seemed in danger of bogging down. Now it seems certain that media accounts of her ordeal were distorted--and the Pentagon did little to set the record straight...
...person who could settle the questions cannot do so, at least for now. Lynch might have some memory loss (it's unclear how much) and has yet to give a public account of what she recalls of her ordeal. --By Michele Orecklin. Reported by Melissa August and Sally B. Donnelly/Washington and Joshua Kucera/Nasiriyah
...spring ritual of blocking, with all of its tense and sometimes bitter diplomatic maneuvering, was a more political ordeal for the Class of 2003 than for any first-year class since Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 randomized House assignments in 1995. In spring 2000, Lewis’ decision to cut the maximum blocking group size from 16 to eight students spurred a petition signed by over half the first-year class...
...Year? Would you go with the guy who led the Crimson in home runs (8) and walks (25) as a freshman, batting .308? The kid who saw the ball better heading to the plate than anyone on the team, turning each at-bat into a seven- or eight-pitch ordeal...
Throughout Kieran’s ordeal, Nick remembers that he and Aaron kept phoning their friend but could only get through for brief exchanges...