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...doctor shining a flashlight in Saddam's open mouth. It reminded him of a trader checking the teeth of a new donkey, he said. Was this the same man who had been beamed into Iraqi living rooms for hours on end, delivering speeches in a pressed uniform, his hair smartly dyed black, his mustache full and neat? Was this the man who took on Iran? The man who lobbed rockets at Israel and threatened the President of the United States? Was this the man the country's composers wrote songs for? At that moment, all the artifice and cunning Saddam...
...education has a long tradition of being reserved for those who can afford it, and convoluted admissions policies only validate this perception. Although Harvard does not have a binding early decision program, in ending early action, Harvard gives hope that other universities will follow suit and move to a uniform, single-round admissions process...
...coat to his second Inauguration?and was wearing it again the night he was assassinated. Later, Charles Lindbergh celebrated his famous flight in a Brooks Brothers suit, and Clark Gable frequently placed custom orders. The brand was popular in academic institutions as well, and the polo coat became the uniform at places like Miss Porter's School. On Ivy League campuses, Brooks' preppy innovations like argyle, seersucker and madras?all brought to U.S. shores by the retailer?developed into the dress code. Even the silk foulard necktie, today a key part of business attire, was first imported from England...
Appearing in front of a packed Emerson lecture hall in uniform dark suits and white shirts, Tom D. Hadfield...
...security, but no indication of how much or how soon. Al-Maliki pronounced the Iraqi forces "capable enough of protecting the country and its citizens against those who seek to undermine their safety," but many of those very citizens - especially the Sunni minority - feel threatened by the men in uniform...