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...Club last Friday became a College-recognized organization. Alarmingly, the College’s only demand thus far is that the “punch” process be open to all undergraduates. The actual selection process will likely not change much after the initial open invitation, raising the specter of a College-sponsored exclusionary social club...
...MILUTINOVIC China's Yugoslav coach takes his fifth team in a row to the World Cup. The squad will also likely be his fifth team in a row to exit early BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG Smelly, destructive beetle native to China invades Pennsylvania. Possible U.S. response: sending Senator Arlen Specter to China...
...process not only destabilize his government but also have drastic consequences for the country and the region?There is little doubt that had he not responded to the American demand for cooperation in the manner that he did, the consequences for Pakistan could have been far worse than the specter of angry mullahs hitting the streets and burning his effigy. In all probability, Pakistan would have been branded a rogue state because of its admitted affiliation with the Taliban and for starters, what better ruse than a pre-emptive move to 'neutralize' our nuclear facilities?" Musharraf's survival, the paper...
...nation already buzzing on hyperalert, almost any outbreak of an unusual malady was sure to raise the specter of a bioterrorist attack (see story below). Last week there were two such reports: an anthrax death in Florida and a cluster of cases of a virulent hemorrhagic fever along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Easy to forget but worth remembering is the fact that bacteria and viruses, even unconventional ones, do occasionally sweep through human hosts...
...Arab allies is understandable. As regimes of varying degrees of authoritarianism, they're vulnerable to the anti-American rage among their citizens fueled by the ongoing U.S. campaign against Iraq, and by Washington's support for Israel amid ongoing violence in the West Bank and Gaza. The specter of U.S. military action in Afghanistan igniting protests that destabilize their own grip on power has given Egypt, Saudi Arabia and others cold feet about allowing their territory to be used as a staging ground...