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...required Hillary to stumble, and it's true she has not done so - to the contrary, she has extended her lead nationally, edged ahead in Iowa, and taken on an aura of invincibility that has brought the Democratic power structure into line behind her. One hundred and thirty-six thousand people may have signed Draft Gore petitions, but most Dems seem pleased with their current candidates - and especially with the front-runner. To borrow a phrase from Barack Obama, the Clinton machine is fired up and ready to go, and Gore doesn't relish the idea of being caught beneath...
...barbed wire that police used to seal off Shwedagon are stacked on the pavement. Police and soldiers armed with automatic weapons sit on stools outside the mostly silent monasteries. More are stationed at the entrance of the hilltop temple, the spiritual center of Burmese Buddhism. As many as a thousand monks lived and studied at these small monasteries in the shadow of Shwedagon. But troops now far outnumber the handful of monks that are still seen at Shwedagon and the downtown Sule pagoda, another focal point of the pro-democracy protests...
...even greater.At Harvard, these faults don’t matter because our rafters are bare. At least on the men’s side—the women have accumulated enough Ivy Championships under Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith for both teams. Our pavilion can’t seat three thousand, let alone 13, 751—the capacity at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor. And on top of this, the pressure is off Amaker because, to put it bluntly, nobody at Harvard really cares.At least not yet.Looking past the critiques, you will find a potential for success Harvard hasn?...
...animals drowned trying to cross the Mara at the start of their journey back east to the Serengeti. The deaths are natural: each year, crocodiles and the strong current claim some victims. The numbers, though, are bizarre. The migration rarely leaves more than a few thousand dead; but this year, an estimated 10,000, or about 1% of the wildebeest population, were wiped out. Conservationists say the wildebeest simply chose the wrong point to cross the river, one where the bank on the other side was too steep to climb. As those in the front drowned, they trapped those behind...
...want a thousand guitars / I want pounding drums,” sings Bruce Springsteen on his new album “Magic,” echoing the sentiments of fans dissatisfied with his recent studio releases. Springsteen hasn’t released a straight-ahead rock album since 2002’s “The Rising,” making folkier albums like “We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions” and “Devils & Dust” instead. Despite their critical success, it’s impossible not to yearn for what The Boss...