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...Crimson Staff is entirely correct when it says that etiquette is not leadership. But it is ludicrously off-base in suggesting that not making a lewd gesture at a public event is “one of the finest points of social politesse.” Demonstrating a lack of common decency is not the same as carrying out valuable social protest. Publicly showing opposition to George H.W. Bush is understandable, and maybe even laudable. But making lewd gestures at him is not courageous—it is infantile. If Elizabeth Monnin cannot understand this, she should be receiving...
...recent years it had become clear that the heir apparent was his second son, Qusay, 37. In the prelude to Gulf War II, Saddam appointed Qusay to command the defense of four key regions, including the cities of Baghdad and Tikrit, the family's tribal home and power base...
...Simon Robinson and photographer Robert Nickelsberg camped outside Basra with the 1st Marines Division. In the gulf, Meenakshi Ganguly watched bombers take off from the deck of the U.S.S. Constellation for runs at the Iraqi mainland. Brian Bennett, with the 332nd Expeditionary Wing, monitored troop movements from an air base south of the Iraqi border. Sally Donnelly was in Qatar to cover General Tommy Franks, while Terry McCarthy waited in Kuwait to join the second wave heading for Baghdad...
...Qaeda in Afghanistan?still seethes. U.S. forces opened a new front against pro-Taliban fighters last week, this time just outside Kabul. Operation Desert Lion, as it has been dubbed, is targeting suspected pro-Taliban forces in the snowy mountain range between the capital and the U.S. air base at Bagram, 50 kilometers away. In southern Afghanistan, 600 troops backed by choppers and fighter planes began a second week of scouring villages and mountain caves for rebels. Soldiers have taken nine men into custody and captured a large cache of weapons, but prize targets?such as ex-Taliban leader Mullah...
...Mann’s three-hit, two-RBI afternoon, the Crimson pounded out 14 base hits, but Harvard still dropped its second straight game to Rutgers and third overall...