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...unconditional allied victory” yesterday in the campus-wide Internet “Risk” game, signaling the end of two weeks of intense online battles. The victory came after Lowell—the last remaining House outside the winning alliance—was defeated in the sudden-death round initiated yesterday. Leverett, Pforzheimer, and Quincy’s war councils had signed a pact to form the alliance Wednesday night. The official treaty, which was presented to the game’s organizers, Campus Life Fellow John T. Drake ’06 and the College Events...
...Monday morning, calm had returned to central Tripoli, but the Lebanese government vowed to continue its offensive against militants holed up in Nahr al-Bared. The Lebanese government believes that the sudden surge of violence is linked to moves by members of the United Nations Security Council to appoint an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Though Syria has denied any involvement, many believe it was behind the killing. "The pro-Syrian opposition has reached a complete political deadlock and the international tribunal is about to be passed by the United...
...Take last week, for example. My onrushing dotage has, in recent years, been salved by sudden onset Mozart-mania. Obviously, I've always admired him - and well before Amadeus. But of late he's about all I want to listen to. I come home from a screening, weary and faboobled, pop a Mozart recording in the machine - you really must get Murray Perahia's boxed set of all the piano concertos and enter into bliss. I don't know a thing about music and don't understand my Mozartian passion, but the other night I decided to see as well...
...According to Zimbardo's book, which relied on interviews with a variety of Abu Ghraib personnel, "Pappas was so affected by this sudden horror [the mortar attack] that he never again took off his flak jacket. . . It was reported to me that he always wore his [flak] jacket and hard helmet, even when showering." Several Abu Ghraib veterans also told TIME that Pappas tried to avoid going outside the prison building, and even moved an exercise bicycle into his quarters to avoid having to move around unprotected areas. But another veteran of the prison, Major David Dinenna, said...
...Climate Change forecast bigger and more ferocious storms due to global warming. Was there a message in that? True, twisters are not as easily tied to climate change as hurricanes are. But any big storm can serve as a test of the nation's ability to respond to sudden shocks. Clearly, we're still far from acing that test...