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...military dictatorship," said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Qatar on Feb. 15. It was the Obama Administration's bluntest statement yet against Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which many now believe to be the nation's true power center. Her comments came as the U.S. continues to push for new U.N. sanctions against Tehran, which recently announced it would enrich uranium to higher levels, reinforcing suspicions that it intends to produce nuclear weapons. To prevent such an outcome, Clinton said, the U.S. is focused on both "engagement and political pressure...
...deans want us to do,” Hysen responded, referencing successful UC proposals such as Ad Board reform and Lamont Library’s 24-hour weekday schedule, which he said were initially met with adminstrative resistance. “Our purpose as an organization is to push deans to do things that they don’t want...
...We’re in really good shape,” Griffin said, “which has to do with how hard coach pushes us in practice, and how hard they push...
...very pleased with our first half—I thought we played very efficiently,” Amaker said. “We really wanted to push the ball up the floor. We wanted to transition as quickly and as efficiently as possible...
Because the quake occurred offshore, however, the destruction likely won't be limited to Chile. As the underwater plates shake, they push the water above them up, creating the beginning of a wave, not unlike dropping a stone in a bathtub. The wave then travels away from the epicenter of the quake. In the case of the Chile temblor, the waves are moving in a northwest direction across the Pacific, putting nearly every shoreline along the ocean at some risk...