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Stern lived in a tent on a U.S. military base in Baghdad for ten days this past December. During his stay, he visited thousands of members of the armed services who are involved in all aspects of the war. There, the preppy Harvard student witnessed America’s largest current military offensive by making the most of his connections. His father, actor Daniel Stern, who played the tall robber in Home Alone, was invited by the United Service Organization (USO) to Iraq to entertain the troops. The younger Stern served as the liaison between the USO and his father...
...Baghdad, Stern’s day began at 6 a.m. with a “shitty meal.” After that, he began the real work of the day: making small talk with the thousands of servicemen stationed at the base. From computer technicians to ground troops, the Sterns engaged in light, getting-to-know-you type conversations, “nothing too political, too technical.” Out of all the departments Stern visited, he was most intrigued by the Special Forces. “Their job just seems really fun, like an action movie...
...does in one’s pants after stumbling down the stairs of your exclusive all male final’s club to discover that the oversized stuffed bear in the foyer is engulfed in flames. At a recent Spee event, decorative candles placed at the base of a giant and highly flammable stuffed bear were amazingly toyed with by drunken guests, giving Smokey something to really complain about. One of the many Spee’s to flee, Wes E. Stroberman ’04, claims to have been inspired to go outside and have...
...single opponent that Harvard plays this year. In the three-hole, Hendricks showed the form that made him arguably the best hitter in the Ivy League last year prior to his season-ending injury, when he posted .387 average and a sparkling 1.052 OPS (a combined measure of on-base percentage and slugging percentage), as he picked up right where he left off by going 10-20 on the weekend with a home run and 5 runs batted...
...when the boats pulled out. ?We didn?t leave until the mission was over and all the boats headed out together,? says Kerry. He claims that only after the firefight was over-and enemy fire had been supressed-did he order PCF-44 to head back to a primitive base at Dong Tam so Gardner could receive medical attention from the U.S. Army?s Third Surgical Division, based in a makeshift hospital there. But Gardner asserts that Kerry was simply fleeing the firefight. ?He wanted to get out of the river to save his own ass,? Gardner maintains...