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...research in this field is still going on. Someone sent me this quote from General Stanley McChrystal about how we have to show the enemy our good side, and it seems very similar to passages in Channon's manual about sparkly eyes and baby lambs. I think it's rather nice the military would try out all this crazy stuff, because if the U.S. Army doesn't try this stuff, nobody's going to - and maybe something wonderful could come from of it. I don't want to sound all massively promilitary, but Jim always said that some...
...wake of the news about the magnitude of the endowment’s decrease, university officials have been promoting an increase in flexible funds raised in order to ensure that major priorities like financial aid can still be met. In other words, rather than encouraging donors to give earmarked gifts for specific purposes, the university has wisely been trying to convince its benefactors to not restrict their donations and to allow their resources to be allocated for whatever purpose deemed most in need of funding...
...organizing to press for gay marriage there decided to avoid taking the issue to court. Instead, they set about electing lawmakers who were friendly to their cause two years ago, and this year successfully convinced the legislature to become the nation's first to establish gay marriage by statute, rather than by decree. "Frankly, we had heard the criticisms about going the court route, and so we said, 'Fine, we'll go to the legislature,' " says Bonauto. "And it has been an incredible campaign." (Watch a video about the gay-marriage ban in Florida...
...Conservative Party challenger who had won the endorsements of many high-profile national GOP leaders, including former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and talk-show host Glenn Beck. Three days before the election, GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava abruptly announced she was suspending her campaign, and subsequently endorsed Democrat Owens, rather than Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. (Read "A GOP Civil War in Upstate New York...
...Rather than complain about the driving wind that hampered all squads, Himler saw the weekend as preparation for the challenges ahead...