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...This then allowed them to spend slightly less time on military courses in order to permit them the ability to focus more of their attention on other (traditional) academic requirements,” he writes in an e-mail...
TRIP PAST THE SUN Venus passes between Earth and the sun more than once a year on average, but because its orbit is tilted with respect to Earth's, a lineup precise enough to permit a transit is much rarer...
...comply with zoning laws, a mattress currently located in the building—a sign that someone may have been living there—will have to be removed. The Advocate, which is zoned as a business, cannot permit students to live in the building, McLoughlin says...
...Americans through Sadr City's teeming thoroughfares, the hostility the Iraqis face from their neighbors is inescapable. "People keep insulting me," an Iraqi conscript named Abdullah tells a U.S. sergeant. "Can I shoot them?" The sergeant tries to calm him, explaining that the rules of engagement do not permit the use of deadly force against hecklers. At this point, Adnan, 37, former explosives specialist in the Iraqi army who is one of the platoon sergeants for the battalion, intervenes. "Cool down," he tells Abdullah. "Just remember that everyone here hates us, and keep on with your work...
...Mather Lather was shut down shortly after midnight by a dozen police officers when a resident tutor called the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD). Soon after the truncated event, the Cambridge Licensing Commission condemned the party for overcrowding and unsafe conditions, resulting in the withdrawal of a permit that had allowed House dining hall parties to run past...