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...sure that Falcon Heene was not inside the balloon. However, the mainstream media’s utter lack of skepticism is troubling and was far from prudent or excusable. The first phone call made by Falcon’s father to the local television affiliate was met by a stubborn, “I don’t believe you.” It was only after Heene put a police deputy on the line that the local station reluctantly sent up its helicopter to investigate. In contrast to this commendable local reporting, cable-news anchors expressed no such skepticism...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Sailing Away With Balloon Boy | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

...defector Aung Lynn Htut is unconvinced. He warns that his former commander will do anything to discredit Suu Kyi, a longtime supporter of Western sanctions. Than Shwe met Webb as part of a campaign to portray the Nobel laureate as "the enemy of the Burmese people [who] is too stubborn to lift sanctions," he says. But even Suu Kyi's pro-sanctions stance is no longer a given. U.S. engagement was "a good thing," she admitted recently through a spokesman for her National League for Democracy party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting to Know Burma's Ruling General | 10/19/2009 | See Source »

...Huskies] were opportunistic early, scored a bunch of goals, and they don’t give up goals very easily,” Harvard coach Jamie Clark said. “They’re a very stubborn team...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles To Loss in Storrs | 10/15/2009 | See Source »

...gracefully what many during the campaign feared he could not: He is playing the savvy realist, and not only in terms of maneuvering legislation. The president’s approach may produce an imperfect bill—but it is more likely to return trust in Washington than a stubborn strategy that would produce no bill...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Tread on Me, Lightly | 9/20/2009 | See Source »

...BRIAN J. BOLDUC "STUBBORN THINGS...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Fall 2009 Columnists | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

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