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...army marches on its stomach, then the key item in the kit bags of the Roman legions that conquered southern Europe about 2,000 years ago was dried bluefin tuna. But having survived the demands of the Roman conquest, the species - each of which can weigh as much as 1,500 lbs. and live as long as 40 years - might finally have met its match in the contemporary global appetite for sushi...
...They are. One client, Mr. [Lakhdar] Boumediene, the lead plaintiff, has been on hunger strike for two years. Twice a day they strap him in a chair, force his head back and put about two liters of the liquid protein Ensure down a tube through his nose into his stomach. It's a very brutal procedure, but they're determined that he not fast himself to death, so they do this to him. [When he found out Obama was elected] he was so excited that he ate a piece of pizza, which was the first solid food...
...afternoon saw two Ivy League powers, Harvard (3-0, 3-0 Ivy) and Columbia (2-1, 2-1), compete at Blodgett Pool in what appeared would be a dangerous meet for the Crimson’s women’s swimming and diving team. Battling through injuries and a stomach virus, Harvard exceeded expectations and decisively finished off the Lions in commanding fashion with a 190-110 victory, winning 10 out of the 16 events. “Columbia is a great team,” Crimson coach Stephanie Morawski said. “They put up a really strong...
...schools that were not on their list. There were 70 such mandatory placements last year. Committee member Nancy Tauber said that it is difficult to keep schools balanced while satisfying families, a conundrum that the rest of the committee acknowledged last night. “Do we have the stomach for making the choices that need to be made if we truly want balanced schools?” Mayor E. Denise Simmons said. Committee member Alfred Fantini suggested increasing the variance factor to 15 percent in order to decrease the number of mandatory placements, but some members were reluctant...
...simple mission to take them out," says Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine general who ran U.S. Central Command and remains a frequent visitor to the region. "There was talk of the U.S. military doing some kind of mission - the Navy would love to do it - but there's no stomach for it right now." (See pictures of modern-day pirates...