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...already been approved for general issue by the Defense Logistics Agency, but had simply not been issued due to its cost. “I’m sure large amounts [of CLP] are acquired [by the Army] at a low cost,” said Aaron Johnson, a ten-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserve in an interview with DefenseWatch...
...Nepal's scars run much deeper than the wounds inflicted by the ten-year civil war in which both sides were guilty of forced recruitment, extortion and extrajudicial killings. Crippling rural poverty and decades of ethnic disenfranchisement are now also coming to a head: criminal elements and vigilante cadres of the Maoists run rampant in parts of the Nepali countryside, while the lowland region of the Tarai - whose ethnically Indian inhabitants comprise 40% of Nepal's population but remain politically marginalized - has been gripped for months by strikes and political violence...
...June 7, a British Broadcasting Corporation report claimed that Bandar had received secret payments totaling more than $2 billion over a ten-year period from British Aerospace Systems (BAE), Europe's largest arms maker - and also a company that earned roughly close to half of its 2006 revenue in supplying the U.S. These payments were made over a period in which the British company negotiated massive contracts to supply Saudi Arabia. Both BAE and Bandar have categorically denied the allegation of any wrongdoing, claiming they acted properly and lawfully at all times. Bandar has admitted that the money came into...
FROM THE ARCHIVES "The Big Freeze" (June 9, 2005): In spring 2005, Cambridge announced a “Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Cambridge.” But several seemingly insurmountable obstacles lay in the city’s path including local real estate prices, the federal government’s limited definition of “chronically homeless,” and the number of poor individuals who continually flock to the city from across the Greater Boston area...
...chilling harmony of the Chorus. The psalms went from peaceful to fierce, demonstrating Bernstein’s versatility and incredible classical foundations.After the intermission Cabell returned to sing the five-song cycle “I Hate Music,” sung from the perspective of a ten-year old. Hearing the prominent soprano sing in a childish style was odd at first, but Cabell pulled it off with flair and ease. Nora I. Bartosik ’08 accompanied with fine piano playing.The evening concluded with selections from Bernstein’s musicals. Again the impact of the music...