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...it’s been twice as long—but there’s still no end in sight. The best course of action that the U.S. can take right now is to follow Spain’s example and get out of Iraq. Like Spain, in retrospect, we’ll be glad that we did. Justine R. Lescroart ’09 is an English and American literature and language concentrator in Quincy House, and is currently studying abroad in Granada, Spain. Her column appears on alternate Wednesdays...
...realized he couldn’t breathe, and he was put down that evening after being “diagnosed” with cancer. It seemed strange to me that my dad—who battled his own cancer—was so distraught about a cat, but in retrospect it makes perfect if inexplicable sense.Have you ever seen “The Butterfly Effect?” With Ashton Kutcher? Yeah, me neither. That’s because when I went to see “The Butterfly Effect” with two friends my junior year in high...
...since then, he said, has a U.S. general played such an important role in the making of U.S. national-security strategy. "But," he added, "almost half the names that found their way to the Vietnam wall after that testimony found their way there when our leaders had acknowledged, in retrospect, that they knew the policy was not working...
...real estate collapse a good thing? First, because the collapse of any financial bubble can be interpreted as a morality play: greed gets its comeuppance. Subprime mortgages play the role that used to be played by junk bonds. They represent easy money--too easy, in retrospect. Borrowed money, if it gets out of hand, puts economic history on speed: everything rises faster, then collapses harder. Foolish lenders become the enablers of foolish borrowers. In the 1990s, people came to believe that stock prices would rise forever. They learned differently. And now we are learning differently about real estate as well...
...with help and contacts from his father, a music industry veteran, found a venue and booked his dream band. Then it struck him that, even if they let him run the gig at a venue licensed for alcohol, he still wouldn't be allowed into his own club. In retrospect, Underage might now seem like an inspired bit of marketing, but in reality, says Killcoyne, "I was just really pissed off, so I thought I'd stick the knife in and say over18s weren't allowed...