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...adviser program has contributed to a rare success on Haifa Street, getting the rest of the Iraqi army up to speed will take some doing. A Pentagon official says most of the 62,000 Iraqi army soldiers the U.S. has trained are still kids who "just know the basic soldiering skills--they've learned to march and shoot their rifles." If the U.S. hopes to get its troops out anytime soon, those Iraqis are going to have to grow up fast. --With reporting by Douglas Waller/Washington
When rising Third World incomes meet the shrinking cost of technology, multinationals are betting that markets will bloom. In October Silicon Valley's Advanced Micro Devices introduced a $185 Personal Internet Communicator--a basic computer--for developing countries, while Taiwan-based VIA Technologies plans to launch a similar device costing just $100. Motorola last month unveiled a no-frills cell phone priced at $40; the cell-phone manufacturer says it expects to sell 6 million cell phones in six months in markets including China, India and Turkey. "You've got nearly 2 billion people who will be buying a phone...
...debate over a Republican proposal to stop Democrats from filibustering judicial nominees, often called the "nuclear option:" "This isn't something someone should rush into because it changes the basic framework of our country. People are beginning to see the error of the thinking, that if you don't like what's going on, change the rules. I think there's beginning to be an atmosphere in our country that shows the arrogance of power is not good. Take for example what's going on in the House. Tom Delay was censured three times within 12 months, that's unheard...
...become aware of myself as a midwesterner in the process of applying for the job and the Workshop and [the UI] community are very open and accepting like many artistic communities, so one of my basic feelings is coming home as a midwesterner...
Many faculty say the report’s open-ended rhetoric fails to address basic concerns the review was meant to solve...