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...entire battalion scored higher. Two cadets scored 300: one man and one woman. When an officer awarded certificates to these cadets in recognition of their achievement, he gave a short speech in praise of each of them. He made no reference to gender. During one combat PT session last week, there is a rare reference to gender. Inspired by the motto, “Leave no fallen comrade behind,” the cadets practice carrying each other. In one technique, a cadet is supposed to grab another under the arms and wrap his hands around his chest...
...wide array of individuals,” said Erika C. Helgen ’08, the events director for the Dems. “Our party has a lot of depth—our events show that,” she said. The Dems hosted a military information session earlier this year. Recently touted as the “anti-Hillary” in the New York Times, Warner is expected to vie for the Democratic nomination. As a red-state Democrat, Warner had an approval rating of 80 percent when he left office this past January. But Stephen...
...Winkle had dozed off in the 1950s, he might not have felt completely out of place waking up at the annual meeting of China's parliament, the National People's Congress (NPC), which wrapped up a week-long session on Tuesday. Here was Premier Wen Jiabao intoning the importance of "building a new socialist countryside." There were education officials unveiling a campaign to publish dozens of new Marxist university textbooks. NPC delegates, who had dutifully attended mandatory sessions to study speeches by Chairman Mao, even failed to pass a Western-style property rights law because, in part, Party leftists felt...
Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, who attended Bok’s meeting with the Faculty Council, called the session “a kind of decompression...
...president, he agreed that he “tried to stand [his] ground.” “I’m not an icon,” Rather said. “I can be arrogant and conceited.” A heated question-and-answer session followed Rather’s comments. Addressing the media’s influence, Rather said he was both aware of his power and afraid of it. “As hard as you try it’s impossible not to understand that in some ways you can make a difference...