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No. 302: "It's Back"

"It's back, and we used it this summer. But they don't want us to use it too much. It's not going to be a big deal." Who said this about what?

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Thursday's Question (No. 301)--"Army Men":

Fill in the blank as Professor Charles Stevenson of the National War College assesses a new study of military and civilian beliefs. It is "scary," he said, to have "an officer corps so overwhelmingly _____________."

"Made up of people merely using the experience as a steppingstone for starting their own militias."--Matt Sullivan

"Unable to say the phrase 'humanitarian mission' without giggling."--Matthew Heimer

"Subscribing to the utilitarian beliefs of disturbing yet guilt-inducing philosopher Peter Singer."--Norman Oder

"Indebted to the Chinese government for loans to buy their homes."--Eliot Cohen

"Prone to sudden bleeding and speaking in scary voices!!! (Promotional fee paid by Stigmata © 1999)."--Jennifer Miller

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