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Tabak said the undergraduate delegation offered criteria for their ideal president. They called for "a president who would be a full-time president and would be willing to spend time working with students and faculty and not on the board of directors of a corporation...
...generals. Among them: American bombing was moving closer and closer to the Iraqi front lines; the allies were using new weapons, including fuel-air bombs, to blast paths through the minefields that soldiers and tanks would have to cross in an initial assault; and weather conditions were close to ideal. Late last week there began a period of dark nights with little or no moonlight (favorable to allied troops, whose night-fighting equipment and training are vastly superior to the Iraqis') and high tides (good for a possible amphibious assault by U.S. Marines on the Kuwaiti coast). Saddam met with...
...their very nature, chemical weapons are unreliable. They require ideal weather: not too hot, or the stuff will dissipate; not too windy, or the gases will disperse or possibly blow back onto the attacker. Of course, Saddam will seek to maximize the conditions, probably by using poisons late at night or early in the morning, when the temperatures are cooler. Because nerve gases like Sarin and Tabun disperse within minutes or, if enhanced with oil thickeners, within hours, Saddam is expected to lob these agents close to the front lines. He is likely to aim persistent toxins like mustard...
...hand me that the Harvard ideal to put the pursuit of education before all else rules out the presence of racism. Racism is not necessarily born of ignorance; not the whole lot of slaveowners, Colonialists and Imperialists could have been fools. Even if we at Harvard do abide in a liberal nest of Political Correctness, don't make the mistake of thinking that I don't carry my set of past experiences with me every day I walk through Harvard Yard, because I do. My attitudes and treatment of people on issues regarding race and ethnicity are not formed solely...
Mazer said she has doubts about this ideal vision of the city-wide senior center. "How are they going to integrate the people from North Cambridge together with the others will be a curious effort," she said...