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...spin and advertising extend their influence as never before. A fresh urban-youth subculture has emerged, rude and vibrant, entertainment-fixated and violence-glorifying. Christian conservatives are furiously battling cultural decadence, and one popular sect insists that the end days are nigh. Ferocious anti-immigration sentiment is on the rise. Both major American political parties seem pathetically unable to deal with the looming, urgent issue of the day. Insurgents practicing asymmetrical warfare have, practically overnight, threatened to bring down the political order of Western civilization. And the President has tapped into patriotic rage to invade a poor desert country, having...
...Percentage the Chinese military budget will rise this year, to just under $45 billion, which prompted the U.S. to call for the Chinese government to be clearer about the scope and intent of its rapid arms buildup...
Fitzgerald's rise began in 1988 when he joined the prestigious U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan. In 1992 he prosecuted brothers John and Joseph Gambino, two of New York's biggest Mafia leaders. The case ended in a mistrial, which threw Fitzgerald into a funk, but his outlook brightened in 1994 when the Gambinos pleaded guilty to drug trafficking. That same year U.S. Attorney White picked Fitzgerald to prosecute Omar Abdel Rahman, the "Blind Sheik," for plotting with nine associates to blow up New York City landmarks. Rahman was sentenced to life in prison, and Fitzgerald developed a reputation...
...were forty-two burglaries in a residence, a 52 percent decrease from 2005, says Catalano. He says that in January and February of this year there have been eight thefts reported that occurred in undergraduate residences.Catalano says that he didn’t attribute the recent incidents to a rise in crime.“One reason why piggybacking may seem more prevalent is that we have made some good arrests after residents have called us immediately after a piggybacking incident,” he says in an e-mail.Administrators said that they were concerned that students were not paying attention...
...things change when you switch continents for a semester.I’m not talking about the language barriers, time zone differences, or weather changes I encountered upon arriving in Buenos Aires, Argentina, two weeks ago.I’m referencing the meteoric rise of the Harvard women’s basketball team, a squad that limped to a 2-11 start in the non-conference slate before torching the Ivy League with a 13-1 conference mark.When I left Cambridge, the Crimson was just beginning conference play in late January. A shocking road loss at Yale...