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...Colonel Chris Hughes. "Smile!" With that, infantrymen of the 101st Airborne Division, armed to the teeth, began flashing their choppers at a crowd that had grown restless as the soldiers approached the mosque at the Tomb of Ali in Najaf, one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest sites. The tactic helped win over a crowd that had more questions than answers. Were the soldiers going to storm the mosque, as some agitators were shouting? Were they liberators? Or conquerors? Were they really going to kill Saddam Hussein this time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With The Troops: Armed with Their Teeth | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

Similarly, The Art of the Infinite aims to make mathematics more accessible to the general public. One tactic the Kaplans use is to present math along with the history behind...

Author: By Jayme J. Herschkopf, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kaplans Teach Students 'The Art of the Infinite' | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...idea of a sit-in is attention,” says Madeleine Elfenbein ’04, who was involved in the sit-in. “It’s also a certain tactic to exercise human power against the administration’s institutional power...

Author: By Irin Carmon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Black and White and Crimson All Over: Part 2 | 4/3/2003 | See Source »

...engines. To publicize her sixth book, The Laws of Money, the Lessons of Life (Free Press), Suze Orman is going on a 21-city bus tour, a tactic more suited to a rock star than a personal-finance guru. Why not? Orman, the popular TV commentator and O magazine columnist, is a superstar in her own right. But is her advice solid? In her new book, she gives helpful guidance for those who have been bruised by the rocky economy, which is to say everyone. Her five laws (e.g., Look at What You Have, Not at What You Had), written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Times, Cozy Advice | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard knew that was a Cornell tactic going in, and despite that forewarning the Big Red was able to convert with that play when it needed to most...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald and Jon PAUL Morosi, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Great Goaltending Highlights M. Hockey ECAC Championships | 3/31/2003 | See Source »

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