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...organizations are more committed to the image of professionalism than the Marine Corps. "Marines hold themselves to a higher standard than everyone else," says Sergeant Major Carlton Kent. Although new recruits can't enter the service with sleeves, as large inked designs are often called, Marines already in the Corps can keep the body art they have. But a commanding officer must document those tattoos to make sure nothing is added. "My tattoos express who I am," says Sergeant Adam Esquivel, a Marine serving at Camp Pendleton, near Oceanside, Calif. But he's resolved to follow the new order...
...Harvard defense has been like the yellow layer of this Halloween standard, the bright bottom-most component. The Crimson is best in the league and fifth in the country against the run, allowing just over 85 yards on the ground per game. It’s second in the league in total defense and scoring defense, and leads it in sacks and interceptions (including a nation-best six picks from senior corner Steven Williams). Most impressively, the unit hasn’t allowed a second-half touchdown since Week 1. Last week’s 37-point showing versus Columbia...
After the dorm was preventively treated, no new cases occurred in Pennypacker. The UHS memo explained that the best diagnosis that could be given at the time was that the students had contracted scabies, and following standard procedure, they treated the entire dormitory...
...homophobes into loving and mourning for a man whom they would have just as easily dismissed as monster or freak had they known his secret earlier. She has implicitly shown that sexuality need not be the defining characteristic of a wizard, that it does not correspond to some standard stereotype—and in doing so, she has moved beyond “gay pride” and towards true acceptance...
...that same day), the University has voluntarily agreed to cap carbon emissions for the extensive science facilities it is planning for Allston. Struck between the University and the state, the agreement sets legally enforceable emissions limits on the real estate development to a level 50 percent below the national standard...