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...lobby that pressures America to act in another country’s interests will by nature put our interests second.In fact, as the authors make clear, ever since the rationale for supporting Israel during the Cold War became obsolete, our excessive support of Israel has been a consistent thorn in our side and has helped attract the animosity of much of the Arab world.But when the authors attempt to extend this argument into the modern day by claiming that the Israel lobby has brought America significant trouble in recent years, even contributing heavily to our entrance into...
...times everyone at this school agrees on something—Yale sucks.WOMEN’S HOCKEY vs. ST. LAWRENCE (Sat. 11/24 4 p.m.)St. Lawrence is one of the toughest of the women’s hockey team’s conference foes, and a perennial thorn in Harvard’s side. This game is a shot at revenge for the Crimson after the Saints bounced the squad out of the ECAC playoffs last season, and a test of how Harvard will fare without the leadership of former co-captain Julie Chu ’07.MEN...
...markets in the Philippines; investors were relieved. "It seems like there was no violent reaction so far, so that is why investors are taking advantage of the bargain prices in the market," said Astro del Castillo, director of the Association of Securities Analysts of the Philippines. "This is one thorn off our back...
...down, roughly 75 U.S. paratroopers and a small contingent of Iraqi special forces fanned out through the desert hamlet about 15 miles southeast of Samarra. House after house turned up empty as the soldiers scoured the dozen or so buildings clustered together amid stretches of sandy flatlands covered with thorn brush. U.S. forces had hoped to surprise insurgents thought to be hiding on the outskirts of Samarra, where violence is on the rise. But in the end the raiders found only one older male and 10 women and children. As dawn broke, the helicopters returned to take the forces away...
...course, there are nine more songs on Icky Thump, and none of them are simple. There's an alien invasion-- style Mellotron solo on the title track and what one hopes is a humorous attempt to reintroduce the bagpipe as a legitimate rock instrument on Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn. These are Top 10 fare compared with the album-stopping Conquest, in which Jack, Meg and a band of mariachis exhume a Corky Robbins tune. It's funny. Once...