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...weaponry, all financed by the lucrative drug trade. Colombia’s government relies on the largesse of US taxpayers and the 3.5 percent of its GDP Lee mentions to fund a conscript army with devastatingly low morale. Just what is Lee’s proposal for a resounding defeat of FARC on the battlefield (such as it is—endless stretches of rainforest, mainly) that has eluded the military elite of Colombia, the United States, and analysts the world over? Overwhelming military force? Where do the bodies to fill the body bags come from? Certainly not Colombia, which...
...reaction that had been inhibited for weeks by one close defeat after another...
...shot in 1963, his public approval ratings skyrocketed from the nadir of his presidency. In an eerily similar chain of events, Mel Carnahan was killed in a plane crash within days of Missouri’s 2001 senatorial election, and his wife was able to seize the reins and defeat John Ashcroft. Perhaps history will again repeat itself...
Harvard’s hopes of earning a seventh-straight NCAA tournament berth suffered a serious blow with a 3-2 defeat against Yale on Saturday, but the Crimson (6-5-1, 2-1-1 Ivy) can still reassert itself against three nationally-ranked opponents in its last four games. Tomorrow’s 7:30 p.m. game at No. 15 Princeton (12-0, 5-0) will be the first grand stage for redemption...
With an NCAA selection committee to impress, the Crimson couldn’t happier to have the opportunity to deal the Tigers their first defeat the season, on their homecoming weekend no less. Despite the team’s current standing, Harvard remains the historical favorite. No one else has richer tradition of beating Princeton...