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Much has changed concerning Iraq in the weeks since--except that date. Once the Administration made the promise, it felt it couldn't back out. But Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority is having a tough time controlling the process, seemingly being swept downstream by the timetable rather than steering the process into port. Two plans for organizing an interim Iraqi government have come undone, and there is no new one yet. "If this were computer software," says a senior U.S. intelligence officer, "we'd be on version 3-point-something by now." Military commanders on the ground predict that bloody...
...looks and I thought that must have been a great tragedy for him," writes Gielgud. Marlon Brando, filming Julius Caesar in 1952, is "a funny, intense, egocentric boy of 27, with a flat nose and bullet head ? he has very little humor and seems quite unaware of anything except the development of his own evident talents." His assessment of Olivier and his wife Vivien Leigh, whom he directed in Twelfth Night in 1955, is typically memorable: "He is a born autocrat and must always be right ? He dares too confidently (and will always carry an undiscriminating audience with him) while...
...part of the visa process that has proved a hassle is the requirement that all international students, except those coming from the member countries of the European Union and a few other areas, must attend a consular interview at embassies at home. Lines can be long, and the wait can be frustrating, CGS Vice President of Research Peter Syverson and Casey said...
Even when not offending the sensibilities of the cozy coterie that runs the show, those outside the fold remain in the crosshairs. Except for the one time I was snatched up by the scruff of my neck and slammed against a wall, I was generally not subjected to physical violence. The mafia employ not physical, but psychological warfare to marginalize targets while solidifying the preeminence of their group—in my case Albanian—in the basement. Baseless complaints to a sympathetic boss about the less-senior Columbian, idle gossip spread through the tenant population about the Canadian...
...particular favorite. Like your Harvard education, though, Harvest edification comes with a price tag. The produce-oriented Harvest Reviews are $39; a wine tasting will run you $60. Outside of special events, however, Harvest has introduced a 15% discount for Harvard ID holders on food bills every night except Saturday, making dabbling in fine dining slightly more accessible...