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...preparation for the Miss America pageant typically involves a regiment of physical training, practice for the interview and talent portions of the pageant, and meticulous wardrobe preparation, according to Fisher...
Strolling from class to class, lost in the everyday regiment of college life, students often ignore the problems facing folks outside the friendly confines of Harvard Yard...
...Burns' great-great-grandfathers, a John Stevens, led a regiment of 200 men north of the famed Lewis and Clark expedition. "He was ordered to take a northern route, and Lewis and Clark had a southern route," says Burns...
...Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massoud, one of the leaders of the forces combatting the Taliban. Russian officials acknowledge that Kulyab has become a "reserve airfield" for the anti-Taliban forces, but will not admit to providing military aid. Russia could stop the flow of arms if it wanted: a regiment of the Russian army's 201st Motorized Rifle Division is based only a few minutes' drive from the airport...
...enforcement officers deployed to protect 10,000 athletes and 2 million fans. In addition, 11,000 National Guard and active-duty military personnel are on Olympics duty, including more than 500 Delta Force and SEAL-Team 6 commandos, airmen from the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, and specially trained U.S. Army Rangers to be part of a backup force in case local police or the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team need help. Most of the 500 commandos are on alert at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but a small contingent, armed with hidden weapons, have been patrolling Olympic sites...