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This scenario, of a grave humanitarian crisis on the scale of an international emergency, can clearly describe what is happening in the Darfur region of Sudan, and it is certainly laudable that a group of Harvard students have recently begun a divestment campaign to pull University funds from investments in that country. But the portrayal above more closely describes the situation in Iraq, where American and Iraqi troops are busy uprooting and destroying entire regions of the country. Unlike the crisis in Sudan, the deaths and destruction in Iraq are the intimate responsibility of the U.S., which means that...
...third period against Minnesota, Stone decided to pull Chu back to play more of a defensive role while letting aggressive sophomore Lindsay Weaver try her luck on offense...
...take at least two months for him to make up the demotion. The Carbens knew about the school's no-excuses philosophy, but somehow seeing it in action was different. Said Randy: "They need to motivate and inspire them, not just break them down." He and Mary decided to pull John out immediately...
...Year awards for obtaining new business--and Dundas was named Charlotte Street's CEO. Now Dundas is stepping up again, taking on a new role as Saatchi's worldwide strategy director. "We have globally a fantastic creative product and strategic view," says Dundas. "My job is to pull the two together." He will log a lot of miles as strategy director; Saatchi has 134 offices in 84 countries. But Dundas loves to fly. He's a licensed pilot and flies his Piper Arrow "any time...
...sleeps with the fishes and has been been doing so since 1999, this week brings us a brand-new novel set in the rich, bloody, curiously seductive world of the original, pre-Sopranos gangsters, the Corleone family. Just when we thought we were out--say it with me--they pull us back...