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...fireman. I sit and wait for the work,” he said. “There’s a core group of students who come to support this store, and it’s pretty sad for them. But I guess there wasn’t enough pull from the three houses...
...while the Crimson failed in that regard against the Midshipmen—falling apart during Navy’s second late charge—Harvard showed marked improvement just a week later against No. 4 Yale when the Bulldogs attempted to pull off a similar maneuver...
Soon the elation dissipates. Hours after returning from the operation, the Marines receive word that they are to pull back to allow the new Iraqi force to enter the city. U.S. commanders insist that the Marines will maintain a presence around the city. Many in Easy Company view the decision as a retreat from the U.S. pledge to drive the "bad guys" out of Fallujah. "Does this remind you," Pantano says, "of another part of the world in the early...
Some of Achilles' nerve comes in handy for anyone trying to make Homer's Iliad sing and swagger in a 2-hr. 40-min. movie. Director Wolfgang Petersen, writer David Benioff and their cohort just about pull it off. In this vigorous, stalwart epic, they blend martial breadth and emotional intimacy, honor and obsession, romance and machismo to show the glamour and folly of war. Old men plot; young men die; strong women weep...
...favor of this war, and I don't believe this country can take four more years of Bush and his tactics. However, the U.S. cannot leave Iraq now and abandon the Iraqis, most of whom just want peace and security. We believe in human rights. If we pull out our troops, there will be a civil war with many innocent victims. We must stay and finish the job. We need more troops and we need to be more aggressive, even if it means destroying mosques or neighborhoods. PHYLLIS L. TRUITT Evansville...