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...major reason parents overschedule kids is to pull them away from mind-numbing electronic devices. Also, shame on you for underplaying how members of the media fuel parental protectiveness. It would be much easier to loosen the grip if the media stopped preying on parents' worst fears...
...with five minutes remaining in the first half, the Crimson was still unable to pull away and led only 25-19. A three-pointer from the right wing by freshman forward Christian Webster extended the lead to nine...
...dealt fluently with the toughest of questions: the push-me, pull-you issue of sending in 30,000 more troops only to start withdrawing them in July 2011, less than a year after they all arrive. The troops - as many as were involved in the Iraq surge, though in a much smaller war - are being sent to stun the enemy, to turn back recent Taliban advances, especially in Kandahar province, the heartland of the insurgency. But why limit the force of the blow by announcing the date you will begin the withdrawal? "Why wouldn't they wait you out?" asked...
...send the enemy and allies involved in the war a message of America's resolve to prevail by sending more troops, while reassuring his domestic audience that Afghanistan is no quagmire. That tension - time is an ally of your foes if they know when you're going to pull out - can't be papered over. The more explicitly Obama lays out timetables, benchmarks and deadlines, the less impact his reinforcements are likely to have on the ground. So look for him to insist that this isn't an open-ended commitment, while refraining from specifying just what that means. Many...
...stepped Akpan with a chance to break the Crimson’s all-time scoring record, and more importantly, pull Harvard level...