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...human, economic, political and military costs of the Iraq war will mount. Scenes of chaos and human misery in Iraq would fuel bitterness against the U.S., first for having initiated the war, then for leaving Iraqis to their terrible fate. The domestic American reaction would be one of relief at being out of a terrible situation, but anger at having been involved in the first place and having invested so much, only to have so little to show...
...Songkran, a three-day festival marked by parades, feasts and a water-throwing free-for-all in which people roam the streets with squirt guns, bowls of water and garden hoses, drenching passersby--and themselves--in the process. The water represents purification, but it also brings the revelers welcome relief: April is the hottest month of the year in Thailand...
...1920s Greenwich Village-style salon in Quincy House? John C. McMillian, resident tutor and lecturer on history and literature, thinks so. His evening chat sessions—so far there have been five—have covered topics like withdrawal from Iraq and global famine relief. Heavy stuff for a Friday night. Tonight’s topic: “If you were in charge of the war on terror, what would you do?” Sipping cheap Merlot from a clear plastic cup, McMillian awaits the arrival of his guests. Barely audible ’60s rock music...
...Wellesley College PE department chair Bridget Belgiovine said, “You’ve got to have an active body in order to continue to keep your mind rejuvenated.” Harvard students, whose day-to-day environment is intensely competitive, could all use a little stress relief...
...supporters, which include most anti-abortion lawmakers and organizations, can argue that so long as abortion remains legal, the least we can do is make it merciful. But the bill's language makes it clear that in this case mercy is for monsters: it invites women to request pain relief for her baby, so that it will hurt less when, as the law states, "the unborn child's body parts are grasped at random with a long-toothed clamp. The fetal body parts are then torn off of the body and pulled out of the vaginal canal." The text notes...