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...same time, no one is expecting the conflict to end abruptly, especially the military commanders who work out of one of Saddam?s ornate palaces overlooking the Tigris River in Tikrit. ?We expect a spike in enemy activity,? says Captain Mitch Carlisle. ?We?re more focused on alert than ever. We?re not letting our guard down...
This time there was no need to spike the ball, as the disconcerted Quakers used one of their timeouts to set up their defense...
...flexibility. For the Class of 2007, Harvard made the admittedly questionable move of opening its early application process even further, allowing early applicants to simultaneously apply to another school’s binding early decision program. In addition to various ethical concerns, this newly liberal policy produced an unmanageable spike in early applicants. But in undoing that mistake this spring, the admissions office also managed to undo one of the most valuable features of Harvard’s application policy. Unlike all early applicants since the fall of 1999, those applying for spots in the Class of 2008 were prohibited...
According to Bruce Breimer, college counselor at Collegiate School in New York, the decrease in Harvard applications is not so much a drop as a reordering. He said that last year’s spike in early applications was a fluke, coming as a result of a “nonsensical” policy...
...most recognizable name in the bunch is Spike Jonze, primarily due to his award-winning direction of the films Being John Malkovich and Adaptation. His videos echo the anomalous juxtapositions often found in his films; in Daft Punk’s “Da Funk” he guides a six-foot speech-endowed dog through New York City, then orchestrates a meticulously choreographed aerial waltz with Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice.” Though Jonze’s collection is the most satisfying for its breadth of styles...