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...shouting Muslim slogans in the heart of Damascus's diplomatic quarter not far from Assad's own residence - in short, one of the most heavily protected neighborhoods in Syria, if not the Middle East. The attackers failed to kill any American diplomats, and Syrian security guards apparently managed to slay three of the assailants. But that doesn't mean the terrorists were bumbling amateurs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Syria May Be the Real Victim of the Attack | 9/12/2006 | See Source »

Obama wants to be St. George. He wants to let the dragon into the court and then slay it. Or, at least, tame...

Author: By Sahil K. Mahtani | Title: Taming the Dragon | 7/28/2006 | See Source »

...songwriters had been there before. Gaudio was writing blame songs long before he hooked up with the Seasons. "I cried for you, now cry for me ... You made a fool of me, so now I'm leavin' you." And Crewe's "Silhouettes," written with Frank Slay, Jr., is an early rock-'n-roll story song, in which the singer pines that he's seen his girl kiss another guy behind her drawn windowshade. His furious knocks on the building's door are answered by a stranger, who "said to my shock / 'You're on the wrong block.'" Finally he rushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Falsetto Meets "The Sopranos" | 11/25/2005 | See Source »

This wasn’t the week for the Harvard women’s lacrosse team to slay Goliath...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles Against Big Green | 4/21/2005 | See Source »

...Board ruled the musicians were striking illegally. The musicians had argued that since January 3rd, they had been locked out, having refused to continue playing under an expired agreement. Rather than taking the case to federal courts, both sides attended negotiations aided on Thursday by St. Louis mayor Francis Slay and Bob Soutier, President of the Greater St. Louis Labor Council. Neither side would release details of the agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Once Again, With Violins | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

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