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...Walleck ’06. In one of the monologues, a group of students waits for the late-night shuttle in the bitter cold. The shuttle dispatcher asks one of them, “What are the genders of the people in your party?” To avoid confusing him, she answers “Uh, we’re all female,” which infuriates her friends, among them a closeted transwoman and her “straight” girlfriend, and a transguy who would probably appear female to the shuttle driver...
...concrete evidence of dismantling its nuclear weapons, the tactic of isolation is what led North Korea to kick out inspectors and restart its nuclear facilities in the first place. By making a determined effort at the negotiating table, the United States can, with the support of its allies, finally avoid sliding back into the preliminary rounds of negotiation, in which the North Koreans simply play shell games while continuing to develop nuclear weapons. And if these genuine efforts should fail, the US would then have a legitimate reason to reconsider regime change...
...Emancipation of Mimi” is a really enjoyable album, but if you’re a straight male, you’ll probably want to avoid buying it in your local record shop—the clerks will make fun of you. Better to steal it from your little sister’s collection. Or you can rip my copy—I feel your pain...
...SATs and developed a more meritocratic university, according to Menand. After Conant, Nathan M. Pusey ’28 presided for 18 years, and his tenure saw a marked return to conservatism.But just because Pusey tried to be a straight shooter doesn’t mean he could avoid controversy. After calling the police on University Hall protestors in 1969, Pusey fell out of favor and resigned two years later.According to a Crimson news article from June 1971, the search for President Pusey’s successor was “unprecedented in the history of any American college...
...that 45 Qaeda-aligned militants had been killed in a raid in the tribal badlands of Waziristan - where bin Laden and his chief lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are believed to be operating. Announcements of victories against al-Qaeda highlight the primary reason the Bush Administration has been inclined to avoid confronting Musharraf over concerns ranging from democracy in Pakistan to the fact that its top nuclear scientist, A.Q. Khan, was revealed in 2004 to have been running a global supermarket for rogue states seeking nuclear weapons...