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Stubbs' men know these teahouses well; they have engaged the enemy on this street and have captured some of its commanders here. But on this evening a couple of nights before Thanksgiving, most of the teahouses are inexplicably shuttered. Here and there, faces press against the windows or peer out from doorways, staring at the Americans as they walk past, with their M16s pointed down the streets or up at the roofs in constant anticipation of enemy fire. To break the tension, Stubbs occasionally smiles and waves, and he sometimes gets a smile in return. But most of the Iraqi...
...roles convincingly. John C. Reilly, DiCaprio's friend and co-star in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Gangs and The Aviator, particularly admires his buddy's restraint. "After Titanic, he could have cranked 'em out in a major way, been a superhero many times over. But he shames his peer group with his commitment to quality. He's used his capital wisely...
Figures at peer institutions for the Class of 2009 point to a stabilization of the early admissions process, after a year of fluctuations stemming from widespread changes in the schools’ admission procedures...
...your friends or not curling up in front of your fireplace with something other than your economics book, you should be golden. Also, if you’re uber-competitive and wanted to know that your very own Harvard boasts the shortest winter break out of all its peer institutions, you’d also be in luck. Yale, as usual, is a close second, but alas, no cigar. Yale has 17 days away from New Haven, four more days of holiday merriment then their studious Cantabrigian counterparts. Sure, four may not seem like much, but bear in mind, it?...
...with an average score of 544. A mere 61 points and 23 countries later, America’s 15 year olds failed to edge out the Spanish by only two points. And, moreover, America’s national test scores continually improve while America drops in comparison with its peer countries. Was this just some fiendish European plot to make its American neighbors look like blockheads with a screwed-up educational system...