Word: cramming
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...Giuliani had an unusual opportunity to cram foreign policy when he was invited to join the Iraq Study Group by the co-chairman, former Secretary of State James Baker III, in February 2006. Giuliani accepted, becoming one of just 10 people, including former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry and retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, in the Congressionally mandated group. He participated in a conference call to discuss logistics but then did not attend the first two major meetings. On those days, he delivered paid speeches...
...first floor of the main building, Wallace saw the door to the room he shared with Millican and three other soldiers open from the outside. Sergeant First Class Sean Bennett instinctively slammed it shut with his right shoulder. But the attacker in the hall still managed to cram the muzzle of an AK-47 into the doorjamb and let fly a stream of bullets. "The guy just opened up," says Wallace, who threw his left side against the door as the firing continued. "He started blasting all over the room the best he could...
...jihadism right. Al-Qaeda-- style terrorism does stem more from state breakdown than state power. (Compare pre- and post-Saddam Iraq.) The weak-state concept also makes Democratic foreign policy broader than its Republican equivalent. In Bush-esque speeches this spring, Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani tried--unconvincingly--to cram virtually all of American foreign policy into the war on terror. Weak states, by contrast, offer Democrats a prism that isn't confined to the Islamic world...
...students struggled to cram for their finals on Monday night, a former Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) employee was arrested in Adams House for trespassing and breaking and entering, according to an e-mail sent by Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) sergeant William McNamara. According to HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano, officers were dispatched to Adams on a report of suspicious behavior. When they arrived, they located an individual playing pool with two students in the basement of Adams. After an investigation, HUPD officers arrested the man, identified as James Ruma, a resident of Medford, Mass. who formerly worked...
...heavyweight crews have already had enough.Facing 15-20 mph winds, cold and overcast skies, and an overall miserable state of things, the No. 6 heavyweight women struggled in the morning heat on the Charles Saturday.And as a result of impending storm yesterday, the lightweight women were forced to cram two days of competition into one on Saturday. After racing two earlier heats in the day, Radcliffe had no gas left in the tank for the finals of the first varsity eight.Despite all of this, the team still secured a third-place finish in addition to a first-place result...