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...George Bush so convinced that China would leave the bargaining table and pout if the United States facilitated bilateral talks between the Koreas? Does John Kerry have a real exit strategy for Iraq, or is he just relying on the questionable notion that the rest of the world will swoop in from the wings to aid a Kerry administration stuck with President Bush’s mess? The American people missed out on a vital layer of complexity Thursday night. And the sad part is that the debate went the way it was supposed...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Debate, Don't Advertise | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...killing fields of western Sudan stretch across an area almost as big as Texas. The Janjaweed roam the windswept plains and parts of the central range of jagged, extinct volcanoes on camels and horses or in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns. Bands of 10 or 12 men swoop into a village, shoot the men and boys, rape the women, loot and burn huts and mosques, rip up crops and slaughter or steal livestock. Halima, 30, was working in her family's field in the village of Gadarra when she heard "the voice of guns" last July. "The attackers were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sudan: The Tragedy of SUDAN | 10/4/2004 | See Source »

...www.leclercbriant.com), for a smallish fee you can learn to saber a champagne bottle. Holding the thick sword on the bottle's neck, I didn't think I could do it. But I shouted like a little kid when I sliced off the bottle's top in one fell swoop. There's something about the region that helps everyone's bubbles rise to the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubbly's Best | 9/5/2004 | See Source »

...rappel down into his caves or learn to saber a champagne bottle. Holding the thick sword on the bottle's neck, I didn't think I could do it. But I shouted like a little kid when I sliced off the bottle's top in one swift swoop. There's something about the region that helps everyone's bubbles rise to the surface...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubbly's Best | 8/16/2004 | See Source »

...American musical lexicon. But, tucked away at Middlebury College, “three hackers who used to play sports and had guitars in their hands,” according to Corrigan, had only begun to appreciate their combined talent, then performing under the name “One Fell Swoop...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dispatch Reflects, Prepares For Final Show | 7/30/2004 | See Source »

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