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...higher standards of living? And finally, how do we apply the vision of Veritas to everyday practice—against the barrage of resume workshops, recruiting sessions and fellowship applications, how does a university keep its students engaged in the present—in a tireless, relentless, and vibrant pursuit of Truth...
...West. Finally fed up with playing for a losing team that just five years ago won 64 games, and no longer able to deal with Vin Baker (i.e. the guy who cried after C-Webb taunted him last year), Gary Payton demands a trade. The Minnesota Timberwolves, hot in pursuit of The Glove since the summer, execute a long anticipated deal with the Sonics that sends Terrell Brandon and Wally Szczerbiak to Seattle in exchange for Payton. Gary Payton and Kevin Garnett form the most potent duo in the league next to Shaq and Kobe on the Lakers and give...
...planned to provoke a ground war in Afghanistan, Osama Bin Laden's September 11 terror strikes were perfectly timed. It is clear that the onset of the harsh Afghan winter and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan create formidable political-military obstacles to the pursuit of American goals, particularly against the backdrop of the complex and even contradictory political objectives guiding the military action. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday called on the Northern Alliance to begin advancing on Kabul, with the objective not of capturing the city but of "investing" it - a military term for laying siege that...
...believe that every diplomatic option should be exhausted in our pursuit of the terrorists. I pray that peace can be achieved quickly [ANTIWAR MOVEMENT, Oct. 1]. Those who protest war and exercise their freedom of speech in the name of peace, however, fail to understand that this freedom is threatened. They enjoy their freedom solely because of those who were willing to defend it with their lives. Peace often has a price. War has been declared on our nation. How many more casualties will there be before the protesters recognize this? GARETT WOOD Santa Ana, Calif...
...course, donors would first need a stable country to funnel the money to. If there is only one thing going for Afghanistan now it is the rare circumstance that so many regional powers are united with the rest of the world in pursuit of the country's stability. "It has to work," says General Wali. "It is the chance the Afghan nation has to regain its place among free and democratic nations." Chance is an appropriate word, especially without any odds attached. On the other hand, a chance is more than Afghanistan has had for a very long time...