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...Harvard’s troop of musicians went to great lengths to support the instrument. A custom-built, bicycle-wheeled carriage regularly chauffeured the regal rhythm-keeper across the river to the stadium, and on one occasion, the drum flew to Princeton in a privately-chartered plane...
Sounds ambitious, but the website is already extremely influential at home. After two schoolgirls were crushed to death in 2002 by a U.S. military vehicle, OhmyNews provided blanket coverage, triggering widespread demonstrations against the U.S. troop presence. As South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun rode the surge of anti-U.S. sentiment to victory in the 2002 election, OhmyNews portrayed him as the voice of the younger generation. Roh gave his first exclusive interview as President to the online upstart...
...FAIR was hailed by gay rights advocates—the panel’s majority opinion cites the Supreme Court’s 2000 ruling in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, which upheld the scouts’ right to prevent an openly gay man from serving as a troop leader. According to the Third Circuit, the Boy Scouts cannot be compelled to include gays, just as law schools cannot be forced to include discriminatory employers at recruiting events...
...students come together for a last supper, luau-style, around the pool. The instructors present a prime-time package of jokes, comedy routines and songs. There is a hand-holding rendition of We Are the World, and another. And then, as darkness falls over the mountains, 1,000 girls troop inside a small room and start chanting and swaying in unison as U.S.A. Singer-Songwriter Peter Dergee delivers a set just for them. And when, toward the end, Dergee lowers his voice for a love song, there are enough hugs to shame a group-therapy session, and eyes begin...
...Cuban port of Mariel. The intelligence analysts say the deliveries included at least two batteries of SA-2 or SA-3 surface-to-air missiles, which reportedly will be installed at the Punta Huete air base near Managua. The Soviets also sent an unspecified number of Mi-8 troop transport and six Mi-24D attack helicopters. LEBANON "There Is No Alternative...