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Most great comics are to some extent manic-depressive, but Spike was an extreme case, swinging between certifiable despair and a spate of creativity that threatened to sweep him away. He once said he would sacrifice everything for mental peace. Had he done so we would have been the poorer...
Ingram led the way with an assist in the first and then two goals in the third as Harvard closed out the 2-0 sweep of Princeton...
...must make sure that Harvard is not able to sweep these negotiations under the rug and deny these workers the money they deserve. Again, as the living wage campaign has progressed, it has become increasingly apparent through conversations with workers that the Cambridge wage figure is inadequate. And even if we were to consider this figure as a minimum, that does not mean that workers should accept it, since it was meant to serve only as a base from which to move...
...troops at Dara have been sent to wipe away al-Qaeda's western defenses and sweep over the mountains into Shah-i-Kot. At the same time the 101st Airborne is pressing down from the north, while the enemy?s retreat is blocked by the 10th Mountain Platoon and Special Forces to the east and south. But near Dara the bombs are still falling on the near side of the mountains, meaning the Afghan combat group here still has some way to go. "My next rotation to the front is in three days and I'll be up there...
...going forward slowly, cave by cave," says a local Afghan commander. "When we capture as little as 30 feet at one go, or as much as 200 feet, we have to look ahead of us closely and sweep the way clear always wondering, where's our enemy?" Air support often proves decisive. "These massive bombs are dropped and when we advance again the tunnel mouths are sealed and they can't shell us anymore," says one soldier. Success is coming one rock at a time. Says one weary Afghan soldier riding a truck back to Gardez, "They are fighting...