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Gulf War II has already seen some textbook Geneva infractions, if reports from the front are true: Iraqi fighters who reportedly quartered in a hospital were breaking Annex I of the first convention, which prohibits military activity in medical facilities. Those Iraqis who have allegedly waved white cloths and then started shooting at unwitting G.I.s are committing what the Geneva agreements quaintly call "perfidy," as are any who have tried disguising themselves as civilians. Iraqi officials accuse the U.S. of war crimes too--namely dropping bombs on civilians (a Geneva infringement only if intentional). It's hard to take such...
...sounds so textbook, but having proper light is really important, especially at night. You don’t have rearview mirrors, so it depends on who is behind you to see you,” Oliveri said...
...opening phases of the brigade's first offensive operations. In the morning chill, he saw the brigade's 3rd Battalion form up behind a low berm south of the An Najaf Airport. At exactly 6:30 AM the battalion, supported by five tanks, swept across the airfield in almost textbook fashion. By 9:00 AM one of the largest airports in southern Iraq was declared secure and Army engineers were already on the airfield opening it up for future use and for cargo flights of emergency humanitarian relief...
...Harvard undergraduates that I conducted last spring, students ranked House e-mail lists as less effective at getting information to them than either posters in the Yard or announcements in their House dining halls. While the lists are probably sufficient if you want to sell an old textbook, e-mails sent to uninterested students’ inboxes are easily ignored...
Others believe the proposed changes would facilitate improved distribution of our class materials and books as well as reduce the costs of coursepacks. But preregistration will not actually shift the suggested deadlines for coursepack materials or textbook lists. In fact, Harvard Printing and Publishing Services CoursePack Coordinator Geraldine Barney explained that enrollment estimates are only one of many varied reasons for long coursepack production delays—issues such as the readability of submitted materials and communication with professors are tantamount. But most significantly, preregistration will prove useless in counteracting skyrocketing coursepack prices, which are almost entirely a consequence...