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Honest reporting of results by researchers is a necessity for advancing knowledge in the search for truth. At a University with “veritas” on its seal, the same full, honest reporting should be a priority for administrators as well...
Hendricks picked up his second save of the year when he pitched a perfect ninth to seal the Game 1 win against Columbia on Friday...
...prospect of being forced from office seems only to have added to Sharon's desire to carry out his bold policy of "disengagement," which calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and perhaps much of the West Bank and the completion of a wall to seal off Israel from Palestinian-dominated territory. If implemented, the plan would result in the first evacuations of settlements by Israel since the signing of a peace deal with the Palestinians a decade...
...sure, given their military backgrounds, the four victims were not shy, retiring types. They were in Iraq because they wanted to be there, and they were under no illusions about just how dangerous it could be. Scott Helvenston, 38, was a former Navy SEAL who had appeared on the reality-TV show Combat Missions and was seeking to carve out a life for himself beyond the military, says friend George Ciganik, a former Marine reconnaissance officer. Working for Blackwater was about as close to combat as Helvenston and the others like him could get. "We're adrenaline seekers," says Ciganik...
Among the various professional security firms, none is as renowned as Blackwater USA. Based in Moyock, N.C., the firm gets its name from the covert missions undertaken by divers at night and from the peat-colored water common to the area. It was founded in 1996 by former Navy SEAL Erik Prince, who saw a growing need for private security work by governments overseas and private firms. Since then, the company has trained more than 50,000 military and law-enforcement personnel just south of the Virginia border, near Norfolk, at its 6,000-acre facility, which it calls...