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When the targeteers at U.S. Central Command grew frustrated in their hunt for al-Qaeda fighters hiding in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, they utilized a new tactic that turned the rugged terrain to their advantage: causing avalanches. With the help of U.S. Geological Survey maps and a Navy reservist who is a geologist in the civilian world, U.S. bombs triggered dozens of rock slides into forested areas where al-Qaeda troops were hiding. Warplanes dropped smart bombs on precise points where the geologist predicted they would act like jackhammers on rocky cliffs. The tactic had the advantage of surprise...
...remember when you were learning to swim? Did your parents place you in the water and then tell you to swim towards them, but slowly walked backwards? Members of the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) must remember this experience well, because they are using just such a tactic in justifying their increasingly extremist cause. They should collect their chips now to preserve their waning credibility...
President Lawrence H. Summers and other administrators are justified in their efforts to prevent “any further disruptive behavior of this kind,” but they should try to do so with constructive dialogue—not threats. Intimidation is an inappropriate and ineffective tactic for the administration to use with fellow members of this academic community; problems can be better averted by talking to students rather than by sending intimidating e-mails via students’ senior tutors...
...common tactic Seltzer sees are “cease and desist” letters companies send out to users they say are violating copyright or trademark laws. Seltzer says that although some recipients are not in violation of the law, many choose to shut down the disputed site rather than face possible legal action...
...relationship. UMass representatives say that if RAs unionize the University may be forced to replace undergraduate RAs with graduate students—a measure that would help no one and would deprive all students of the undergraduate leadership RAs provide. Though some have said this is merely a bargaining tactic by the UMass administration, it appears to be a legitimate threat...