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Civil wars, as a general rule, don't announce themselves when they arrive. But how else to label what Iraqis witnessed in their streets last week? What other term could describe the sight of armed and angry Shi'ite mobs rampaging through Baghdad and other cities, dragging Sunnis into the streets and executing them, looting their homes and burning down their mosques? The proximate cause of the violence was the bombing of al-Askari, the sacred Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, but that attack could only partially account for the hatreds unleashed. A government-imposed curfew briefly interrupted the slaughter...
...have occasionally operated out of Samarra since the fall of Saddam's regime made sure to give al-Askari a wide berth. And when U.S. and Iraqi forces stormed Samarra in October 2004, they took special care not to damage the shrine. Struggling to explain their emotions at the sight of the shattered dome, many Shi'ites cited the U.S. response to the collapsing towers of the World Trade Center. "This is our 9/11," became a common refrain for Shi'ite commentators...
...storm that ensued, the anger from faculty members predated his catalytic remarks. Whether it was from depths of the African and African American Studies department or due to his heretical lack of manners that professors consistently complained about, Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) members had set their sight on Larry far before last February. Yet they used that pretext to launch the first no-confidence vote. Because you were unfairly pre-judged, you should not go, Larry...
...downtown with 10:42 left to stake the Tigers to a narrow 40-39 lead in the see-saw battle. From that moment on, however, Harvard went on a tear. With Michael Beal knifing through the lane for two acrobatic three-point plays, Matt Stehle grabbing every rebound in sight, and the defense staying firm on the perimeter, the Crimson built up as much as an eight-point edge, and fashioned a seemingly solid six-point cushion with 1:17 remaining when big man Brian Cusworth converted a pair of free throws. From there, Harvard pulled a Jacobellis. That...
...ultimate irony, Levy believes, is that American women have lost sight of their own sexual happiness in their pursuit to conform to male desires. Looking and acting like a porn star has simply replaced homemaking as the litmus test for twenty-first century women’s femininity...