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...were to step down, Rumsfeld responded, "That's possible." Evidence that further abuses took place under his watch could well raise the pressure on him to resign. To see if more probes should be initiated, Rumsfeld plans to appoint a blue-ribbon panel of retired officials to examine the slew of investigations into prison management and guard training now under way. The Army is studying the deaths of 25 detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, including two that have been ruled homicides, while the Justice Department is examining the role of the CIA and contract employees in the deaths of three...
...anything can happen.”SCOUTING HOFSTRAHarvard plays its first game today at 2 p.m. against the Pride. Entering the contest the Crimson (31-13, 16-6 Ivy) has won 18 of its last 20 games. But it is not the only team that has been enjoying a slew of “W’s” lately. Hofstra (40-13, 17-3 Colonial) enters the weekend riding a 15-game win streak that dates back to April 6. The teams are similar in two other key ways: each...
...Occupying the most tan-friendly corner of the Cabot Quad were a slew of red flags strung together to trees. What did it even mean? Lots of red flags strung together remind me of the blowout car sales at Troy Aikman Ford in Dallas. Perhaps he was relocating the dealership to Cambridge...
Once upon a time, in a land near near by, there were fairy tales. Brave princes slew dragons and saved fair damsels. Princesses and scullery maids waited for brave knights and true love. The good were pretty, the evil ugly, the morals absolute. And lo, it was good. If you liked that sort of thing...
...slew of recent media mouth offs have demonstrated a poor sense of what constitutes racism. The Don Imus incident is only the tip of the iceberg. While the radio personality’s characterization of the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed ho’s” is certainly objectionable, and, depending on your opinion, grounds for his dismissal, the uproar over his remarks has revealed a crucial fallacy in today’s racial discourse...