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...Senate resolution reflected not only poll-driven politics but also military reality. There is strong sentiment within the Pentagon to reduce the number of troops soon-no matter the continuing vehemence of the President's rhetoric-in order to avoid forcing exhausted troops into longer tours of duty. The current level of 160,000 troops could be cut in half by next summer. "The future of our military is at risk," Murtha said in his emotional press conference, accurately reflecting the views of the uniformed brass. "Our military and their families are stretched thin. Many say that the Army...
...competing in a new area: nutrition. Given that health experts are blaming Western food for an obesity surge, China's consumers are getting more cautious about food safety and nutritional value. In April the Chinese Ministry of Health claimed that fried food is carcinogenic and suggested that people avoid eating it, putting KFC and McDonald's at the center of the dispute...
...side, suggesting family-man stability? Check. Checkbook? Check. Crowe, who hurled a phone at a hotel clerk in June, was initially charged with a felony, which could have kept him from working in the U.S. But having paid the clerk, Nestor Estrada, a widely reported $100,000 to avoid a civil suit, Crowe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge and got off with an even lighter fine: $160. Just enough for a pretty spiffy new cell phone...
...semester because of disillusionment with the council, which she said was disconnected from students. In the wake of this sudden cancellation of a Wyclef Jean concert funded by the UC, both sets of candidates seem likely to cite their experience on the council as evidence they will manage to avoid such debacles. Only Voith has served on the council since his freshman year, while Gadgil, Haddock, and Riley all joined as sophomores. Voith served as vice-chair of the Campus Life Committee last semester, working on several much-criticized campus events including the Afterparty for Springfest. This year, as chair...
...violence, the U.S. State Department cautioned Americans traveling in France to be alert. But Rosemary Roca ’07, who is studying abroad in Paris, said she saw little need for concern in the city itself. The study-abroad program directors “just told us to avoid the suburbs outside of Paris, and not to take the RER B, which is the train where people had been injured before” by rioters, Roca said. “But normally,” she added, “France seems to be a very safe place...