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...resolution proves unattainable, how difficult would it be for the U.S. to turf out Saddam and rebuild Iraq without U.N. support? In terms of actually fighting a war, there shouldn't be a problem. American soldiers (some of them, at least) tend to dismiss those of other nations. "They get in the way, can't speak English too well--except for the Brits--and their weapons can't keep up with ours," says one Army officer. Indeed, with or without a U.N. vote, Pentagon plans for a war assume that only the British--who will provide about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Diplomatic Gamble: Who's With Him? | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...Harvard offense had difficulty establishing a rhythm, possibly due in part to the poor weather that made the turf slippery. Harvard often appeared tentative, passing the ball around in front of the Northwestern goal without getting many quality shots...

Author: By James Sigel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Lacrosse Drops Season-Opener to Northwestern | 3/3/2003 | See Source »

...series of police barricades.  The police were nominally attempting to corral everyone onto the sidewalks, but not everyone fit. Not only were there people spilling into the streets, but the police, using vans and barricades, were themselves completely blocking the intersections. Between these bizarre turf battles were strips of empty asphalt, inaccessible not only to protesters but also to cars and other legitimate users. Smiling, one of my companions approached a police officer and inquired why, if the street wasn’t being used by anyone anyway, people couldn’t walk...

Author: By Emma S. Mackinnon, | Title: Stop This Crazy War | 2/25/2003 | See Source »

...involved with planning a new Harvard envisions a campus that shares its turf with the current tenants of the University’s property...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack and Lauren A.E. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Creeps Into Allston | 2/19/2003 | See Source »

...Pentagon is not happy about the SOG's moving aggressively onto its turf. When aides told Rumsfeld in late September 2001 that his Army Green Beret A-Teams couldn't go into Afghanistan until the CIA contingent there had laid the groundwork with the local warlords, he erupted, "I have all these guys under arms, and we've got to wait like a little bird in a nest for the CIA to let us go in?" What's more, Rumsfeld, according to a Pentagon source, does not like the idea that the CIA's paramilitary operatives could start fights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The CIA's Secret Army: The CIA's Secret Army | 2/3/2003 | See Source »

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