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Lebanon long has been a graveyard for Israeli military ambitions. The 2006 war helped ruin the political career of Ehud Olmert, the outgoing Israeli Prime Minister. But with less than two months before leaving office, Olmert and his cabinet appear to have absorbed some of the lessons of the bungled attempt to destroy Hizballah in 2006. In that conflict two and a half years ago, Hizballah defied Israel's aerial onslaught to maintain relentless barrages of rockets into northern Israel. Olmert found himself bogged down in an unwinnable conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Attacking Gaza, Israel Worries About Lebanon | 12/29/2008 | See Source »

...Communist stuff," he opines) and invents a fairy tale of his own: a medieval frolic where he is Sir Fix-a-Lot and Kendall is Sir Butt-kiss. As Skeeter wanly improvs, the kids add impish twists of their own: that the sky will rain gumballs, a dwarf will ruin Sir Fix-a-Lot's heroic moment by kicking him... basic kid stuff. Weird thing is, the things the kids made up happen to Skeeter in real life: gumballs, dwarf and all. If he can somehow harness this magic, he may win a competition with Kendall to create a theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bedtime Stories That Miss by a Mile | 12/23/2008 | See Source »

...they kill Hitler?” “Does Tom Cruise save Germany and reshape the course of the 20th Century?” “Does this involve L. Ron Hubbard in some way?” I won’t ruin the end for you. 2. Sarah Palin—In the style of true insignificance, she will not occupy the #1 spot on this list. In lieu of an introduction to this...thing...I invite you all to imagine the sounds of turkeys being decapitated. Words spring to mind?...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Top Five Aggressively Insignificant Artifacts of 2008 | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...allowed off that island and if I had my way none of them would be off that island to this day. I think British journalists should be expatriated, repatriated to UK and should not be allowed back to US for 100 years. I think they have done more to ruin US culture than all the illegal immigrants from Mexico in the world. And you can quote me on that. 11. FM: So how do you identify yourself nationally?JK: I’m an American and an African-American. I’m an American. That becomes more and more...

Author: By Julia S Chen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 15 Questions with Jamaica Kincaid | 12/10/2008 | See Source »

...History and Literature, rely especially heavily on staff. There is no telling how students’ experiences could be affected without them—or the hundreds of more invisible Harvard workers. Directly or indirectly, the budget crunch will harm student life, but it shouldn’t ruin a staffer’s in the process.Unfortunately, FAS cannot rule out layoffs to inch closer to the $200 million mark. The question for students is how to weigh them against our concerns—and the only answer is equally. The administration will probably need to delay progress in Allston...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Ask Not | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

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