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...bulk of the increases. Tank battalions and naval fleets are practical when faced with a uniform-clad national army, but al Qaeda is a nebulous network with cells in 60 countries. In this new species of war, the central imperative is not combating terrorists, but locating them. Such a task requires augmented intelligence capabilities and special operations forces—not a half-trillion dollars worth of new submarines and planes. The administration has clearly lost the ability to approach defense policy rationally. Certainly America’s national integrity and security against current and emerging threats does demand...

Author: By Courtney A. Fiske | Title: A Lesson in Excess | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Harvard men’s squash realized last night that bringing down an empire is no easy task. Pitted against the No. 1 Trinity Bantams (15-0) the No. 3 Crimson (4-1, 3-0 Ivy) suffered a 9-0 defeat in Hartford, Conn...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Slapped with First Loss in Sweep By Trinity, 9-0 | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Harry Mattison, who is a member of the mayor-appointed Harvard Allston Task Force, said that he hopes a deeper discussion of benefits will take place now that the construction of the science complex is almost underway...

Author: By Nan Ni, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Nears Deal With Allston | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...person study, which appeared in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep, only found nap-related improvements for subjects who had learned the task well in the first place. So collapsing on your dorm-room couch this afternoon may not be such a bad idea. Just make sure you’re awake during that 11 a.m. class.The study’s lead author, Matthew A. Tucker of the Medical School, suggested that a threshold of learning must be reached before napping can provide an added boost...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Napping Your Way to an “A” | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

Baking a tarte tatin seemed an ambitious task for a newbie cook, but with the inclement weather outside and an orchard's worth of ripe fruit and other requisite ingredients in the pantry, I decided to tempt fate. But, as is typical with my ventures in the kitchen, things quickly got out of hand. I was about to Google the solution to my cooking dilemma, until a response to a status update on my Facebook profile - which read "Bill is cooking tarte tatin" - pre-empted that move and caused a dramatic paradigm shift in my view of the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Facebook the Future of Search? | 2/6/2008 | See Source »

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