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Despite Putin's pledge not to storm the school, special forces and other crack troops came pouring into the surrounding area. To avoid being overwhelmed by narcotic gas like their comrades had been in the October 2002 Moscow theater siege--in which 41 terrorists and 129 hostages died--the rebels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Are Killing Us All | 9/13/2004 | See Source »

This is not the first time Harvard has agreed to return a multi-million dollar donation. Last February, Jane Fonda retracted the $6 million she had not yet given out of an initial $12.5 million pledge to the Graduate School of Education. She also requested—and receivedâ?...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Returns Gift to Arab President | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

Newhouse added that each candidate’s campaign pledge to cut the deficit in half over the next four years would clash with the need to increase Medicare spending to keep medical coverage at the present level.

Author: By Alan J. Tabak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Professors Identify Key Domestic Issues | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

There is some dispute about whether and where Bush and Kerry crossed paths during the years they overlapped at Yale. They certainly ran in different circles. Among the more vivid contrasts between Bush and Kerry is the fact that Bush, the true political heir, showed so little interest in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Making Of John Kerry | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

Whenever an argument arises about the role that religion should play in our civic life, such as the dispute over the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance or the display of the Ten Commandments in an Alabama courthouse, assertions about the faith of the founders are invariably bandied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thomas Jefferson: God Of Our Fathers | 7/5/2004 | See Source »

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