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...strong" power, guerrilla wars are extraordinarily demanding. Guerrillas typically melt away into the general population, either because they have political support there or because they terrorize civilians into protecting them. (My guess is that in Iraq today both conditions are met.) So the strong power has to hunt the enemy not on the battlefield but in towns and villages. The risks are twofold: an ambush like that in Mogadishu or a gradual alienation of the local population leading to unbearable political pressure to end a war--which is how the French were forced out of Algeria. In the 1950s...
...Leslie (everyone from his co-workers to screaming fans called Cheung Kwok-wing by his English name) was gorgeous since his first TV appearance in a 1976 song contest. He matured in acting ability and the use of his smoldering charisma, but never seemed to age. "Guess how old he is," Hong Kong film folk would ask, then declare that Asia's perpetual bad boy was flirting with middle age?as suavely and as masterfully as he flirted with everything and everyone else. In his films, and in the spectacular concerts that had him crooning ballads one minute and flouncing...
...felt good to be able to have three pitches to throw for strikes,” Ronz said. “They can’t just sit on the fastball. You can make them guess a little and you can fool them with different pitches, not just different locations. It makes things a little easier...
...think students deserve to be consulted on the qualities of a dean. But I guess not,” Chopra said. “It’s surprising that the administration didn’t even pretend to ask students...
...guess my final thoughts are mostly about how embarassing it is that Summers kicked FM’s collective ass. But it was mostly Ben Mathis-Lilley’s ass, so I didn’t feel...