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...Nothing galvanizes politicians like a new military threat, however. The antisecession law appears to have muted objections to the U.S. arms deal. Taiwan should eventually be able to augment its tiny submarine fleet, and add more Patriot antimissile batteries and antisub aircraft. The hardware won't be enough to win an arms race, but it sends a signal that Taiwan is prepared to stand up for itself...
Holy Cross won’t be dancing this year, having been upset by Bucknell in the Patriot League championship. But the Crusaders are fortunate enough to do battle with Notre Dame tonight in the first round of the NIT, a contest that will finally prove where God’s loyalties really...
...EXPECT TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE RENEWAL OF THE PATRIOT ACT? Yep. I think the Patriot Act is an important act and ought to be reauthorized. Breaking the barriers so that you can use, in criminal prosecution, evidence obtained on a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is very important. I think that getting access to private records like library books without the traditional showing of probable cause needs to be re-examined. People on both the right and the left agree that there are civil-liberties questions involved. The secret of America is balance...
...It’s just another cost we’re all paying for the restrictions on international travel to the United States under the Patriot Act,” Coatsworth said...
...course, this ignores the fact that it’s rare to see a team from the bottom-half of the standings in a mid-to-low-major tournament survive for three days. Looking at the American East and the Patriot League—two conferences that the Ivy League schedules a fair amount of games with and that are at similar talent levels—in 36 combined tournaments, the No. 1 seed has won 25, the No. 2 seed has claimed 10, and a No. 3 seed took home the other. The lowest seed ever to make...