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...highlight of the evening, suited members of the “Compassionate Conservative Authority” approached the audience and asked them, in heavy Southern drawls, to complete questionnaires about their activities. The participants were photographed and invited to spin the wheel on the “Terrorist Slot Machine,” a video pop-up with “Slots for Security.” As the suits clapped and cheered, “Let’s catch a terrorist,” three photographs lined up on the screen—in this game, three...
...June's meeting of the G-8, with France presiding in Evian. One impartial western diplomat involved in that process says the French have been "bending over backward" to accommodate American wishes for the event. They have given the Americans "everything they wanted," right down to a preferred time slot for the arrival of Air Force One and a higher profile for counterterror issues on the summit agenda. Those relatively painless accommodations hardly signal French contrition, nor are the hawks at the Pentagon willing to offer absolution. France has reacted coolly to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's call that...
...Dellenbaugh brought teams from both the New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions, so Harvard’s seventh place finish is somewhat deceptive. Compared against teams from the New England region, the Crimson finished in third, behind Brown and Tufts, and one slot ahead of Dartmouth...
Squeamish or not, a Harvard student, without 21-plus identification or money for partying has limited options for the post-2 a.m. slot. This makes it difficult to stridently oppose finals clubs...
...mile from the action. Little bursts came from both sides, and then short pauses to see who was still alive. All the commercials and commentary that break up primetime coverage of the war didn’t deign to show themselves in the rough and tumble 2 a.m. slot...