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...Clearly this administration is revolutionary,” he says. “It is understood everywhere in the world as radically reshifting not only the balance of power, but the landscape. And they could do it. They could turn the world upside down. I don’t know if Americans realize how radical this shift...

Author: By Jessica E. Gould, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Leftist Advises Radical Followers | 4/18/2003 | See Source »

...study also showed that while 55 percent believed they understood what was meant by the Department’s recommendation of an “evacuation plan,” 42 percent thought it meant getting to a community shelter, and 35 percent believed it entailed getting out of the community...

Author: By Carol P. Choy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Study: Public Misunderstands Security Lingo | 4/18/2003 | See Source »

Other faculty and staff at MIT echoed Gibson’s feelings, saying that they were sorry to lose Pinker, but understood Harvard’s reasons for making the offer and Pinker’s reasons for accepting...

Author: By Nathaniel A. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Long Courtship, Harvard Lures Pinker | 4/16/2003 | See Source »

...Lehr this was a good thing. "In the past, the Army has had a tendency to try and fight according to plan, not according to what the enemy or situation dictated," he said. "This time we adopted our plans to what the enemy was doing." Moltke would have understood. His second dictum states, "War is a matter of expedients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Went According To Plan | 4/15/2003 | See Source »

While those who knew Murray say they understood academic difficulties to be the official reason behind her sudden departure, they say ability clearly wasn’t the problem. Instead, personal issues kept Murray from devoting herself completely to Harvard and her academics...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After Harvard, A New Home | 4/14/2003 | See Source »

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