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...University hasn’t yielded. Still, CASV and other student advocacy groups plan to continue their media strategy. As Johnson says, "Harvard has this pattern of not working to change things until it gets to the media and they get bad press coverage...
...Bush Administration’s security problems go beyond money. Former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen describes a pattern of disorganized, unhelpful behavior on the part of federal officials. When federal intelligence agencies declared that the northeast faced an increased risk of terrorism last year, Shaheen’s office received a warning call. While Shaheen was glad to be warned about the risk, she was disappointed when federal officials were unable or unwilling to provide any information that could help New Hampshire protect its citizens, including when and where they expected an attack, and why they felt an attack...
...doesn’t appear to be a pattern,” Pasquarello said. “But we have increased officers in the Common because of that, whatever we can do to stop [the crime...
...civilians is more relevant to our future than a full shelf of books on the World War II heroics of the "greatest generation." Given the conventional power of the U.S. military, any probable adversary will choose unconventional tactics. The fighting in Afghanistan, for example, has settled into a classic pattern of guerrilla warfare, with hit-and-run attacks on U.S. bases followed by search-and-destroy missions by small units of American forces...
...disputed territory from Iran and earn gratitude from Arab regimes for slaying the Persian fundamentalist Shi'ite threat. But his army failed to break Ayatullah Khomeini's revolutionary forces for eight years. Whenever they threatened to conquer pieces of his territory, he shelled them with lethal chemicals, setting a pattern of resorting to extreme measures anytime his survival seemed imperiled. When Khomeini's death finally let Saddam have a cease-fire in 1988, he declared it a great victory...