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...sixth year in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison. He was thrown in jail for publishing articles implicating the regime in a series of murders, but his resolute defiance has made him the most famous political prisoner in the country. Last May, Ganji went on a hunger strike to protest his incarceration. In deteriorating health, he released a defiant statement: “No one should be imprisoned—not even for a second—for expressing an opinion.”Journalists are not the only ones who suffer under today’s Iranian government...
...takes his place at the end. Two cadets each take command of part of the line. “Fall in! Right face! Forward march!” they shout. “Left, left, left right left.” The cadets march in single file. The cadets strike up cadences to time their march, reminiscent of summer camp, but with a definite army twist. “Oh my buddy’s in a foxhole / a bullet in his head. / Our leader says he’s wounded / but I know that he is dead...
...G.L.The problem is, Making a big movie, a Harry Potter or a Spider-man, you?re spending $20 to $30 million for the prints, just to strike them and ship them to the theaters. Smaller movies have to spend a huge part of their budgets on prints. Now, if you don?t have to spend any money on prints, and all you have to do is spend some money on advertising, and you?re willing to look at different alternative ways of advertising, like The Blair Witch Project did, then you have access. You can go directly to the theater...
...Even the most sanguine proponents of military action talk in terms of "surgical strikes" designed to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities. The more optimistic believe this could strike a psychological blow that could precipitate the internal collapse of the regime; more sober advocates simply maintain that such action would set back Iranian nuclear ambitions by years. Skeptics warn that military action would actually unite the country behind the regime, reinforce its determination to go nuclear, and prompt retaliation throughout the region as well as on oil markets...
...zone and moved up the ice with the puck. Drawing two Saints defenders, he dished the puck to sophomore winger Alex Meintel at the right boards, setting up Harvard’s fourth goal.Just 1:33 later, McCafferty set up junior Steve Mandes’ four-on-four strike, carrying the puck up the left side and sending a cross-ice pass to the winger for an easy one-timer.After two late St. Lawrence tallies, Mandes’ goal would hold up to be the gamewinner.BRUISING SUCCESSWhile Harvard is known around the league for its speedy and agile attack...