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Although editors decided this year not to publish a print edition of the paper over the summer, The Crimson continued producing weekly online-only issues. So here’s a wrap-up of a few issues that came across my proverbial desk since...
...shrugged his shoulders over the question of how useful the 8,800 MRAPs now on order will be after Iraq. "Can I give a satisfactory answer to what we're going to be doing with those things in five or 10 years? Probably not," the Marines' top officer said. "Wrap them in shrink wrap and put them in asphalt somewhere is about the best thing that we can describe at this point. And as expensive as they are, that is probably not a good use of the taxpayers' money...
...Badr militia, who have shown more willingness to work with both the Coalition and Iran in their bid for power, advocate a soft partitioning of Iraq and the creation of a semi-autonomous political region in the South that they, of course, would control. The Sadrists, for their part, wrap themselves in a nationalist banner and advocate a strong central government in Baghdad, where the Sadrists have the majority of their most fervent constituency and the ear of the Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, and where they run several key government ministries...
...puts an RFID tag in each one of its chips. As of Jan. 1 of this year, every U.S. passport contains an RFID tag, to make them machine-scannable and more forgery-proof. (Helpful hint: if you're worried about someone snooping on your RFID passport remotely, you can wrap it in foil, crazy-person style...
...accessory—a breezy, global-chic scarf,” Teen Vogue raves. Not quite. As a Cambridge fall fashion item, the kaffiyeh is neither breezy nor global-chic. It’s just ugly. Some of Harvard’s most fashion-inclined wrap it around their necks like a glorified scarf rather than don it properly as headwear. Unfortunately, the result is less than hip. We have since added the kaffiyeh to the anti-neck accessory list, which includes superstar fashions of the past (including poufy goose down vests to spiked dog collars). The light cottony material...