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...same time, some commanders have raised the bar for the highest awards because they say they have seen medals handed out too easily in the past. Army Lieut. General Tom Metz says he remembers clearly how a few soldiers in Vietnam took advantage of the system and won "air ribbons" often simply for taking flights in country. "[In Iraq] I was an award approver for all but the top two awards, and I was tough," says Metz, who authorized a handful of Silver Stars during his two years in Iraq. "I am confident those who got an award with...
...lucrative ones to the general hospital. This threatens the ability of the general hospital to provide money-losing services like emergency care, which it subsidizes in part with profits from procedures like cardiac surgery. The specialty competitors deny that they are the problem. Quite the opposite. "We raise the bar for the community," says Ed French, CEO of MedCath, which runs 12 specialty hospitals. "Everybody invests in more equipment and focuses more on nursing care because we set the competitive standard...
...antique-laden mansion is sumptuously adorned with velvets and tartans, and over 200 years of Colquhoun-family portraits peer down at guests reading in the well-stocked library, savoring a single malt in the Rossdhu Bar or enjoying a formal yet friendly dinner in one of the house's two opulent dining rooms. (Two standout dishes are the fillet of beef with rosti potatoes, celeriac cream and wild mushrooms, and the honey-and-mascarpone parfait with roasted figs.) The golf course is closed during the winter, but if you still have a sporting itch, try your hand at salmon fishing...
...required to explain the nature of adjoining Pub Street, a grid of red-tiled colonial town houses that has evolved into one of the most eclectic entertainment zones in Asia. There's the inevitable Irish pub, numerous spots punning on the Angkor handle (including the semi-satirical Angkor What? Bar) and the Linga Bar, a solitary gay joint. Rather more eccentric, the Dead Fish Tower, besides hosting its very own crocodile pit, promises not to serve dog, cat, rat or worm. And there are some tasteful surprises, like Blue Pumpkin, a café with stark white tables, loungers and beds...
Nuke tests are naughty, not nice. So the U.S. plans to bar exports to North Korea of some of Dear Leader Kim's favorite toys, such as iPods, plasma TVs, Segway scooters and Harley-Davidsons...