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...planning committees will shape the expansion of Harvard into Allston and the expansion will, in turn, shape the future of Harvard for all of its students. The committee on undergraduate life will have the particularly noteworthy task of discussing the possibility of moving one or more undergraduate Houses into Allston. As the administration ultimately recognized, decisions that could affect undergraduate life so monumentally should be made with a current working knowledge of undergraduate life. While the other members of the undergraduate life committee have experience with students, they cannot be as qualified as current undergraduates to provide the necessary student...
...similarities between the two, and that’s made the adjustment a little easier,” captain Kenny Smith said. “Coach Reilly brings a lot of things to the team that we haven’t seen before, so the team takes a new shape...
Still, as it took shape, Rumsfeld left his marks on the war plan--and then slapped a new coat of paint on the thing when he was done. Rumsfeld's notion was to do more--and do it faster and deadlier--with less. So he mixed in a larger number of special forces than the Army had originally envisioned, giving the commandos a central role. He shortened the soften-'em-up air war to just a few days instead of the more traditional few weeks. But the final surprise belonged to Franks: he opted to begin the ground war before...
...search wars, and all those zeros start looking pretty paltry by comparison. The Internet is swiftly becoming the primary repository of the bulk of human information. Search is the way we get at that information, and companies like Google wield enormous power. They reflect our common interests and shape how we learn about the world with their rapid-fire search results. This isn't just about dotcom juggernauts duking it out for stock options and bragging rights. Whoever wins the search wars owns the keys to the kingdom of knowledge. That's a big responsibility. Are search engines...
...long to enjoy the accomplishment. The day after the arrest was announced, he sent his men to break up pro-Saddam demonstrations in Tikrit. The next morning, three Division soldiers were wounded when their truck was hit by an improvised explosive device. That afternoon, when more protests were taking shape, he sent out tanks, troops, and trucks, to make certain they didn't last long. Russell termed it "a clampdown." Pro-Saddam protesters, he said, "will not get a chance to disrupt this city. We will not allow this to become a lawless land of Saddam-loving thugs...