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...Fallujah has had six commanders in the 12 months since the end of the war. At first, troops were a visible presence in the city, routinely patrolling on foot. But after making deals with the local sheiks last winter, troops from the 82nd Airborne Division pulled back to a base 5 miles from the city center. While the retreat protected U.S. forces from attacks, it allowed criminals and ex-regime loyalists to have the run of the place. The city's chronic violence also dissuaded reconstruction workers and relief agencies from venturing in, fueling local frustration over the lack...
...most violent game franchises in computer history, Doom and Quake, is a few months away from releasing Doom 3. It's a remake of the original, in which you play an Alien-esque space marine battling the ghostly spawn of hell down gloomy corridors of a futuristic Mars base. Not that the hokey plot matters much to hard-core gamers. "Doom 3 is just going to terrify the pants off people," says Rob Smith, editor of PC Gamer magazine...
...necessarily designed differently from nonethnic clothing, some bear striking Latin signatures. The Cubavera and Havanera men's lines feature tops that are inspired by the loose-fitting, four-pocketed guayabera, a traditional shirt that's popular with many Latin men. But the market goes beyond the Latin customer base. Jennifer Lopez, who launched her JLo fashion empire in 2001, has a diverse clientele, as do some of the other brands. Says Feldenkreis: "Our brands have crossover appeal." Republica Trading Co., a small men's apparel brand founded by Rafael Jimenez, started out targeting a very specific Latin niche--Dominican...
...nation or preach to the choir. The urge to preach may be overwhelming. The number of undecided voters is minuscule, about 5% in most polls. Activists in both parties--Karl Rove and Howard Dean, for example--argue that the surest path to victory is to stoke the base, keep the partisans engaged and angry, and deal with those wimpy undecideds by tearing down the opposition with negative...
...just $1.99.) What customers are paying for is not only costly ingredients like French lavender oil and fancy packaging but also some fairly sophisticated chemistry. Combining aromatic oils with cleaning agents is not so easy to do, explains Avery Gilbert, president of Synesthetics Inc., a firm based in Montclair, N.J., that provides consultations to the fragrance industry. "The soap base has chemical properties that tend to kind of tear apart the fragrance oils and make them go flat or not smell so good after a while," he says. This may explain why mass-market products such as Procter & Gamble...