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...contrast seems stark. Tommy Franks, the Army general who as chief of Central Command scuttled Anthony Zinni's more robust war plan and agreed with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that invasion-lite was the way to go, got the Presidential Medal of Freedom. So did former CIA chief George ("Slam Dunk") Tenet and L. Paul "Jerry" Bremer, who as Iraqi viceroy fired the entire Iraqi army, a move now widely seen as laying the groundwork for a sustained insurgency...
...time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer, due to compete next in Dubai Feb. 26, is guaranteed to break his tie with Jimmy Connors: of 160 straight weeks ranked No. 1 in men's tennis...
...years past, last September heralded a new crop of eager freshmen, short-lived enthusiasm for classes, and the renewed antics of the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM). SLAM’s unceasing demand for more—higher wages, more vacation time, and, above all, stronger unions—may resonate with the new Democratic Congress’ agenda, but unions, like any other cartel, help their members only at the cost of the general public...
This fall, SLAM’s cause du jour was security guard unionization. In what The Crimson called a “hard fought victory for the guards and student activists,” Harvard security guards subcontracted through AlliedBarton were allowed to form a union. SLAM celebrated, and The Crimson’s editorial board applauded the decision because the “University’s security guards…deserve a union”—a glorious victory in the eternal class struggle...
...Goffredo, who tallied only seven points and one three-pointer, there was one other bright spot for the Crimson—sophomore Evan Harris.Harris was all over the court in the first half, tallying 10 of the team’s 32 points, including an emphatic left-handed slam over two Tiger defenders that absolutely silenced the “Jadwin Jungle,” Princeton’s pep group, five minutes into the frame.But like all things in Jadwin Gym, his stellar play faded away, as the Tigers collapsed on him with double teams when Harvard gave...