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...what I thought to be the impossible ace. But there was no pride in my impressive rebuttal. It became clear that no part of me wanted to waste my summer covered in clay, running drills, and carrying around a silly racket. Unlike my friends who were tempted by the prospect of cute coaches and mixed doubles, I abandoned my athletic prospects and dedicated my summer to literary possibilities...
...approached [my Summer School class] with the intention of doing better here” than during the year, says Andy J. Asaro ’06, who adds that the prospect of boosting his grade point average “definitely factored in” to his decision to enroll over the summer...
...robbed and reoccupied, and neglected by all, lay the remains of 600 years of trans-Indian imperium. Hammams (steam baths) and palaces, thousand-pillared halls and mighty tomb towers, empty temples and half-deserted Sufi shrines?there seemed to be no end to the litter of the ages. "The prospect towards Delhi, as far as the eye can reach, is covered with the crumbling remains of gardens, pavilions, and burying places," wrote British traveler William Franklin in 1795. "The environs of this once magnificent and celebrated city appear now nothing more than a shapeless heap of ruins...
...spread democracy. If there is indisputable evidence that any prisoners were involved in 9/11, then by all means they should be prosecuted. But if there is no evidence, the U.S. should let them go and apologize for robbing them of their family, country and time. Ibrahim Habib Mount Prospect, Illinois...
...spread democracy. If there is indisputable evidence that prisoners were involved in 9/11, then by all means they should be prosecuted. But if there is no evidence, the U.S. should let them go and apologize for robbing them of their family, country and time. Ibrahim Habib Mount Prospect, Illinois, U.S. The last sentence of your otherwise admirable investigative cover story on the shame of Guantánamo clearly rationalizes torture: "Then again, in the war on terrorism, the personal dignity of a fanatic trained for mass murder may be an inevitable casualty." What has happened to the America...