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...Greatest Vindication - Stocking up on outrageous quantities of Diet Coke from the chow hall in spite of the derision from my men on such hoarding, then having a 122mm rocket blast apart the giant shipping container that held all of the soda for the chow hall. Yep, you can't buy experience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Secret Letter From Iraq | 10/6/2006 | See Source »

...figured we’re just going to go balls-out and keep writing. Might as well put it all on the table; D.A. has had a handful of unsuccessful short-term relationships here at Harvard, and Peter is a closeted homosexual (don’t tell mom !!!). In spite of those skeletons, we are confident that we are going to hit some big home runs in this year’s e-recruiting season. We weren’t always so gung-ho about the soul-selling world of investment banking, but this summer we decided to give...

Author: By Peter J. Martinez and D. A. Wallach, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Sex, Drugs, and Savings Accounts | 10/4/2006 | See Source »

...Kremlin and tearing down the statue of Lenin. Rather, the Soviet Union rotted from within, abetted by a sensible and hard-nosed policy of political, economic and military containment by a true multinational coalition. If democracy flourishes in Iraq or elsewhere in the Middle East, it will be in spite of the Bush doctrine, not because of it. Jeff Timberlake Cincinnati, Ohio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 10/2/2006 | See Source »

...have to do is see that one person has a brain and one person has a father-in-law.” Rumors have swirled that Firenze’s father-in-law, Angelo R. Firenze, a Belmont selectman, forced his daughter-in-law into the race to spite his fellow selectman Brownsberger. The elder Firenze responded to the claims, saying, “that’s bullshit. Though Will [Brownsberger] and I are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, we’ve found a way to work civilly together. And besides that, if you meet Libby...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: State Rep Hopefuls Face Off | 9/29/2006 | See Source »

...another term, economists agree. Growth is stunted - at an average of 2.6% over the last three years, it is around half the Latin American average and way behind rival emerging markets such as like China and India - but his success with the Bolsa Familia makes victory almost certain, in spite of his lack of action elsewhere. Although he failed to enact the political, union, labor, agrarian or tax reforms he promised, polls put him between 22 and 25 points ahead of nearest rival, Geraldo Alckmin, and within reach of the overall majority that would avoid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Lula Will Win | 9/28/2006 | See Source »

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