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...birth. Swinton was born into a clan of warrior aristocrats whose Scottish home dates back to the ninth century (they supposedly earned the family name by clearing the area of wild boar), and who served prominently in every major British military and political skirmish for a thousand years. One recent ancestor invented the tank; another helped invent television. Over the millennium the Swintons were deeded huge swatches of prime Scottish real estate; Tilda's father, Major-General Sir John Swinton, a.k.a. the Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire, lives in the family estate, Kimmerghame...
...CDC’s daily update on swine flu. This is the second HSPH survey on Americans’ response to the outbreak. The first was released on May 1—just days after the first confirmed death from swine flu in the United States. The most recent survey found that about 60 percent of Americans are no longer concerned that the H1N1 flu will reach them or their immediate family in the next year, a 53 percent increase from last week’s poll. “There’s still uncertainty of what direction...
...time for most Harvard students as the year comes to a close. For members of the Crimson’s women’s golf team, the weeks leading up to the end of the semester period are no different. With especially full schedules after missing school during their recent victory at the Ivy League Championships, the Harvard female golfers found time to practice a bit harder to come by recently than they probably would have liked. The busy academic workload and limited practice time caught up to the team this past weekend, as the Crimson placed 19th...
...most recent concession came in February, when the Pakistani government accepted a peace agreement with Taliban elements active in its Swat Valley to allow Sharia law in the region. Predictably, the Taliban reneged on the agreement and encroached further on the nation’s capital, Islamabad. Another attempt to open negotiations on new terms earlier this month also failed. With such a record on its hands and the Taliban growing increasingly brazen in its maneuvers, the Pakistani government must reevaluate its policy. With the help of the international community, it can and should use all of its military resources...
...does have some soldiers already in place, they are too few and inadequately organized. While it may be impractical for us to stretch our defense forces even more to send troops to Pakistan, U.S. intelligence resources and military advisers would drastically increase the effectiveness of the Pakistani army. The recent deployment of 24 U.S. military advisors to Pakistan to train the Pakistani military in counterinsurgency tactics is a good start. Promising proposed legislation in Congress also calls for $7.5 billion in non-military aid to Pakistan over the next five years to spur economic growth and development, with another...