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...dark end of the movie. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I'm a bit of a conspiracy theorist when it comes to the whole Barney thing because I think [the U.S. military] deliberately disseminated it to make torture seem funny. I think they saw an opportunity and went with it. That's exactly the kind of thing that psyops [Psychological Operations] does and I think everybody fell for it. And not just the American media, but the British media. The newspaper I work for, which is the Guardian - it's a very left-wing paper - was running funny...
...despite the hopes garnered from that tournament, Honduras went on to suffer a heartbreaking defeat later that winter, capitulating in its last World Cup qualifying game to last-placed Trinidad and Tobago...
...women also braved difficulties to earn fourth over the weekend. The B boat—skippered by sophomore Emily Lambert and crewed by classmate Alexandra Jumper—shined for Harvard, suffering only one poor race over eight attempts. The boat failed to finish in its second contest, but went on to post sixth or better among the 16-team field in all other races—good enough for 40 points and third overall...
...roots anger at whomever is in power can be a powerful weapon, and populist, pro-change rhetoric always sounds good. A Republican base riled up by Obama's ambitious agenda also helped. "We're just motivated by the current political environment," says Jonathan Rogers, 25, a military officer who went to the rally with his wife Marissa. "At the federal level there's a lot of things that it seems are being rammed down the throat of the country. The only way to change that is to work at the state and local level and work your way back...
Just before the global financial crisis exploded, the conference halls in China were alive with the rhetoric of economic reform. Hardly a week went by without some think tank or ministry in Beijing toasting the 30th anniversary of China's great opening to the world and outlining what the next phase of China's historic development would entail. At a time when experts and policymakers everywhere were decrying "global economic imbalances," China would do its bit to rectify them...