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...other words, if the prospect of seeing ultimate surfer dude Wilson running from bullets set to a throbbing soundtrack and witnessing Hackman climb into a Navy plane to mete out his special sauce of Hackman street justice appeals to you, then Behind Enemy Lines will be sure to entertain this weekend...
...hour will require money and personnel, even if the circulation desk maintains its current hours. The number of students leaving Lamont at later hours will require increased public safety efforts by the Harvard University Police Department, and the extension may require new transportation options for students fearful of the prospect of walking back to the Quad at 2 a.m. The council has taken the first steps to identify and address these issues in its recent report, and we hope the College will work closely with council members to move forward on this effort...
...Needless to say, the prospect of being at ground zero of a new phase of the anti-terror war prompts dread on the part of Somalia's fledgling government. And European coalition partners such as Germany have also expressed reluctance to extend the military campaign beyond Afghanistan. But the challenge in Somalia and elsewhere right now may be quite different from Afghanistan - to prevent the emergence of a new hub of terrorist sanctuaries, rather than destroying an existing one. A mission, in other words, with heavy emphasis on intelligence and building the capacity and incentive for locals to stop...
...Pashtun opposition forces encircled the city, the Taliban mustered no more than sporadic skirmishing. That, and the week's long string of northern defeats, convinced anti-Taliban Pashtun that they could take down the core Taliban warriors in the south and persuade the rest to switch sides; the prospect of Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara fighters sweeping into Pashtun cities was far more harrowing to Taliban soldiers than was surrendering to their Pashtun brothers...
Summers’ initiative is expected to focus initially on schools where applicants are discouraged by the prospect of an endless burden of debt. Preference for loan-relief would therefore be given to students who enter into public service or other valuable but low-paying professions after graduation. Such an approach would focus aid to certain groups in order to provide the greatest benefit with a limited amount of funds...