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...fast-approaching expiration date because he has no support from the West and from neighboring countries. And without that, the rebels will soon lose their advantage. That may be of limited consolation to gorilla conservationists, however. For example, a siege aimed at starving out the rebels may compel them to target wildlife and the gorillas - as food. "In any normal situation, it's hard to protect the gorillas," Newport says, citing threats from armed militias, poachers and people chopping trees down for charcoal and space to grow crops. "They're kind...
...mere half-hour set and refusal to play an encore after five minutes of hearty applause.I was disgusted; in America, we would have burned the motherfucker down. Maybe Hot Chip escaped unscathed because of their foreign passports. In that sense, Avril Lavigne is popular for the same reasons that compel the Parisians to exclusively smoke Lucky Strikes (and the Americans to smoke Gauloises, which the French largely eschew). Plus, the problem with a bunch of French bands is that they perform in English. It’s not that the preposterously bilingual French can’t understand the lyrics...
...first, represented by many congressional Democrats, argues that it is past the time for America to leave. The best thing that could happen now is for the U.S. to pull out as quickly as possible, force the Iraqis to take control of their destinies and compel the oil-rich gulf states in the neighborhood to get off the sidelines. In this view, leaving Iraq would deny al-Qaeda its best recruiting tool, a large U.S. military presence in the Middle East. Along the way, the U.S. could save the $10 billion a month that it is spending...
...engaging in "political spectacle" and called for it to withdraw its subpoenas. Its repeated offers to make Miers and others available for private, non-transcribed interviews have been rejected by Democrats who prefer witnesses be under oath. "I can't think of a more confrontational approach than attempting to compel testimony through a subpoena," said White House spokesman Tony Fratto...
Most Harvard students are already aware of the library’s more salient shortcomings: the place is heated like a poinsettia nursery and the reading rooms prematurely compel students into the very cubicles that will erode their souls after their emigration to the office. More subtle drawbacks include an Escherian array of staircases, and the Language Resource Center, the only place on this continent to still rely heavily on cassette tapes...