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...They'd need 30,000 more coalition soldiers and a real willingness to thrash the Shi'ite militias, something they've avoided so far. Having foolishly dismantled the existing Iraqi army, the U.S. has the duty to create a genuinely proficient new one, instead of rushing recruits through Boy Scout lessons just to satisfy predetermined quotas. It may take five more years. But if the U.S. leaves sooner, Iraq will devolve into an even bigger mess. If the Americans insist on pulling out, they ought to park their hardware nearby, because like it or not, they'll be back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What We Would Leave Behind | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

With an NBA-affiliated scout in attendance, fifth-year senior Brian Cusworth did not disappoint...

Author: By Stewart H. Hauser, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cusworth Shines As Harvard Falters | 11/15/2006 | See Source »

...Fergalicious” is Willy Wonka’s wet dream. Fergie prances through candy-cane forests and lollipop trees wearing the flouncy frocks that remind us of childhood—except they are a whole lot shorter than you remembered. She later titillates with the most revealing girl-scout costume you’ve ever seen. In the words of the song, which seem to capture the essence of both middle-school pubescence and this fantasyland video, “I smell sex and candy here.” And for Fergie, these are things that go together well...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: POPSCREEN: Fergie | 11/8/2006 | See Source »

...been following that bouncing ball." A Florida kid who grew up watching Babe Ruth during spring training, O'Neil joined the Monarchs in 1938 after their first baseman broke a leg--a move that led to his friendship with teammate Satchel Paige. O'Neil later became a Chicago Cubs scout--he signed Hall of Famers like Lou Brock--then, in 1962, a barrier-breaking coach. But he never forgot his sporting roots, and wrote,"The Lord has kept me on this earth to bear witness to the days and glories and men (and women) of the Negro leagues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Oct. 16, 2006 | 10/8/2006 | See Source »

...Your photographs of the destruction in Lebanon took me back to World War II and images of the devastation in Europe. But sadder still were the pictures of the young boys in Hizballah's al-Mahdi scout club being taught to hate their fellow man. They are being robbed of their childhood and often their life too, all in the name of religion. Derek J. Waite Toronto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 8/28/2006 | See Source »

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