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...leader accepted the honor of detonating the explosives ringing Saddam's statue. With a thunderous blast Najaf's most visible symbol of Saddam's regime toppled in a heap of twisted metal. People ran from the side streets cheering and climbing over the wreckage, enjoying the giddiness of the moment. One Iraqi approached Brigadier General Benjamin Freakley, assistant commander of the 101st Airborne. "Kill Saddam," he said, and spat on the ground. Then he added, "Now we can have satellite...
...this war woke up changed women the morning that Lynch's exploits were described in the Washington Post. "I hope she blew them all away," one told me, her surging sense of pride and solidarity trumping her lifelong abhorrence of firearms. (So much for the M-16 as phallic symbol.) The other hero in Lynch's story, the conscience-stricken Iraqi lawyer who walked miles back and forth across a battle zone to help the army plot her rescue, confounds the biggest preconception of all: monolithic Islamic anti-Americanism. Not only don't they all hate us, they...
They have become an institution on campus, their dancing red shoes a perennial symbol of enthusiasm and good cheer. This year CityStep commemorates its 20th anniversary, and the timing couldn’t be better...
...their campuses to admit women—there is no excuse for Harvard not to take the same steps. Co-ed final clubs will not end the campus debate about social space and elite student groups. But it would be a huge step forward—a potent symbol that women are finally allowed in the club...
...Approaching the second bridge, the company was hit by mortar fire and rocket propelled grenades. "My eyes were working overtime," said Talraas, "trying to figure out where the fire was coming from." Then a turquoise dump truck with a bright orange Mercedes symbol on it started heading toward them along the river. Talraas could see more "technicals" moving across the bridge about a thousand meters off to the left. That's when the white van appeared, its red lights flashing. After they were shot at, Talraas' driver, Sergeant Michael Maita, hit the gas and sped back to the southeastern corner...