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Klein quoted an administration official who referred to the failure of Bush's Iraq policy as "a Mick Jagger moment...You can't always get what you want." Now we will find out if the President recognizes that he has to abandon his six-year Under My Thumb approach to dealing with Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 11, 2006 | 12/3/2006 | See Source »

Brendan Loy, another former editor who graduated in 2003, wrote in a separate letter that “the administration has for years been treating the ostensibly independent Daily Trojan like just another department under its thumb...

Author: By Erin F. Riley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Admins At USC Force Newspaper Chief Out | 12/1/2006 | See Source »

Need a ride home for the holidays? Hitchhiking may have fallen out of favor, but a new form of ride sharing has emerged to replace it on--where else?--the Web. Today tens of thousands of Americans go online every month to stick a virtual thumb out in cyberspace, especially during holiday travel seasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiking In Cyberspace | 11/20/2006 | See Source »

...been here. It’s no different than when he got injured last year, when he got injured the year before...just keep playing on,†Sullivan says.While his foot has ceased to be an issue, Cusworth missed four games in 2004-05 with a thumb injury, and then was sidelined for seven games last year with a fractured hand. The seasons that Cusworth should have spent building upon the promise of his solid freshman campaign—the only year he stayed healthy—have thus been continually interrupted. The big man has never been...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '06: Curtain Call | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

That figure belies the common wisdom that, given the advantage from the crowd and not having to travel and being familiar with the confines, the home team usually wins. The rule of thumb in betting football is that home field is worth three points; a game with a three-point home favorite would be a coin flip on neutral turf...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AROUND THE IVIES: Home Is Where The Football Field Is | 11/3/2006 | See Source »

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