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Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, its military prowess and Hussein's designs for the Middle East are all bad things. If the war frees Kuwait, destroys the Iraqi military threat and chastens or kills Hussein, it will have done some good things. But these positive results will not justify the war. Although I am wary to criticize a smart man who wrote a big book on the subject, walzer's use of the term "just war" is strikingly ambiguous and only begs the important questions...
...crowds at the National Hockey League All-Star game and the National Football Conference championship yelled and chanted continuously throughout the playing of the national anthem, their fists raised in frenzied pride in their country's military prowess. Their behavior resembled the applause at a movie theater when Chuck Norris blows away the last commie/terrorist/bad guy with his missile launcher...
...scores are no big deal. The officials begin by attacking our supposed faith in the Scholastic Aptitude Test, arguing that the SAT is a poor indicator of academic prowess and that it discriminates against minorities and the economically disadvantaged. Considering that the authors of the response are quick to point out the 314 National Merit Scholarship winners in the Class of 1994 (the most in the country, they boast)--indicating a certain respect for the SAT--their argument strikes us as a bit hypocritical and contradictory...
...race to build advanced materials, technological prowess and financial clout may not count as much as imagination. The winners will be those who can not only fabricate exotic materials but also dream up myriad ways to use them...
...night didn't start out that way. The Crimson (2-1 overall, 2-1 ECAC) looked like it would add to its scoring prowess when Weisbrod blasted freshman wing Chris Baird's feed by a fazed High less than a minute into the contest...