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...Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11: "You find a reversal of the general posit that it is sufficient that 100 guilty men go free so that one innocent man is not convicted. It's now sound that 100 innocent men are swept up so that one guilty man not slip away...
...York City--have quietly made the decision to stop exhibiting elephants altogether, some as soon as they can find homes for the animals and others after the deaths of the ones they have. For zookeepers, it's a continuation of a reform movement that began a generation ago and swept through most major U.S. zoos. The old concrete-and-steel cages that resembled prisons for animals are mostly gone. In fact, the cages themselves are mostly gone. The barriers between people and animals today consist largely of moats and unobtrusive ramparts that give the exhibits the feel of miniature wild...
...years ago scientists at a National Institutes of Health conference on osteoporosis advised Americans to increase their daily intake of calcium to 1,000 mg (compared with the Government RDA of 800 mg); the recommended level for postmenopausal women was an even higher 1,500 mg. Calcium fever soon swept the country...
...Still, the parallels to the Taliban are obvious. Both groups swept to power under the banner of religion. Both promised to end the anarchy and bloodshed of the regimes they ousted. And both argue that Islam is the answer to their societies' problems. At a rally of hundreds of people in Mogadishu Tuesday, Sheikh Sherif said that the Islamic struggle in Somalia would continue "until we get the Islamic state...
...scored her second tally of the day just past the 14-minute mark of the final frame to provide the eventual game-winning goal. She received a pass from freshman defender Nora Sluzas at the blue line and after her first shot was blocked, picked up the rebound and swept it around the net to beat Guckian for the score. The third and clinching goal was registered by junior Jennifer Sifers, who also assisted on Solley’s first score. With the swin, Harvard extended an impressive run it had built against ECAC rival St. Lawrence. Entering the game...