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...Hard work, indeed: The war in Afghanistan has gone rather swimmingly - at least compared to all those glum early predictions of a land-mine-studded Vietnam - and the home front has been a whole lot quieter than many had feared. But as Washington heads home for the holidays, the first 100 days of Bush's new war behind it, the heady air of success is starting to disperse a bit, and the pitfalls - military, diplomatic and political - of Bush's next 100 days are beginning to multiply...
...Sept. 11, the world shook with a tragedy so powerful that it seemed to overwhelm our senses. Since Sept. 11, a quieter tragedy has taken place: a quarter of a million people have died of AIDS. As we spend tens of billions of dollars to address terrorism and the aftermath of the attacks, let us not be deaf to the oft-ignored pleas of two generations of Africans—and increasing numbers of youth in Asia and worldwide—who face wholesale destruction from AIDS. Fully half of South Africa’s teenagers are projected...
...seduce the parents too. Since the world is full of folks over 30 with fond memories of pogoing till they dropped, it's about time someone reinvented this retro favorite. The new Airgo replaces the metal springs of classic pogo sticks with an air pump for a smoother, quieter ride. Of course, kids--and grownups too--may have to land on their fanny a few times before they get the hang...
...force him to sell the business. If he sells, Iftikhar will join the ranks of many small business owners who have been pushed out of the Square area in recent years. One shudders at the thought of another Harvard undergraduate mainstay closing down to be replaced by a much quieter 9-to-5 cell phone store...
While members of the living wage campaign keep a close eye on the Katz Committee, proponents of PSLM’s other movement, Harvard Students Against Sweatshops (HSAS), say they are gearing up after a quieter semester...