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...Saudi Arabia might feel compelled to block the U.S. from using its staging bases, though the war could be launched largely from Kuwait in the south and Turkey in the north, with assists from Bahrain and Oman. The Pentagon is preparing for such an eventuality, building a sophisticated combined air operations center at Al Udeid air base in Qatar to replace the one in Saudi Arabia. But if Saddam waits for the conflict to come to Baghdad, this could be an urban, house-to-house battle unlike anything current U.S. troops have ever experienced...
...Ethnicity, where four professors—one each in Native American, Asian American, Latino and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies—would serve as chairs. The center would coordinate the University’s programs that relate to ethnic studies, and it would also be an ideal base for a broad ethnic studies department...
...ethnic studies attracts more student interest and institutional resources, this center could be the base from which more specific ethnic studies departments would branch out—and the four professorial chairs would be a solid start to attracting more quality faculty in these areas. Students deserve the highest quality academics to lead this center, and Harvard should conduct a deliberate and thorough search to find the most excellent professors to appoint...
There was reasonable assurance that converting Marvel’s comic-book heroes to live-action heroes was a smart thing to do, given the solid fan base clamoring for film versions of its favorite comics, as well as a ready-made lineup of characters, story lines and personal histories. I read only one issue of The Amazing Spider-Man but what really sucked me into the Marvel world was my brother’s stack of superhero trading cards, with profiles, stats and full-fledged character bios on the back of every one. Most of the heroes, and even...
...ending the occupation of the West Bank and creating a Palestinian state, Dick Armey, the leader of his own party in the House of Representatives urged Israel to "grab the whole West Bank" and expressed his belief that "the Palestinians should leave." With key figures of his core support base capable of so blithely endorsing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank, the President's own political ability to frog-march the Israelis and Palestinians into an agreement may be limited...