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...abuse of civilians by G.I.s in Kosovo, the word was out: A tiny knot of American soldiers had harassed and assaulted Kosovar civilians because the troops had prepared for war and had not been adequately schooled in peacekeeping. "As a result, the [U.S. troops] experienced difficulties tempering their combat mentality for adapting and transitioning to the Kosovo [mission]," Col. John Morgan III concluded in a report released Monday at the Pentagon. "In [this] environment, the unit's overly aggressive tendencies were manifested in practices such as the unit slogan, 'Shoot 'em in the face,' and their standard operating procedure...
...author of Dying Well, notes that dying's place in our culture has changed before. Until recently, most people died at home, because doctors couldn't do much. "Since the era when antibiotics were invented and surgery began to be safe, in the '30s, the focus has become to combat disease. The subject of the patient has too often been lost," says Byock...
Banks remembers that detectives were called in to investigate when his father went missing, but he makes no conscious connection between that event and his own choice of a career, stating only that "my intention was to combat evil." As he gains renown for the cases he solves, Banks is pursued by Sarah Hemmings, an attractive socialite, but he keeps himself emotionally remote from her overtures...
...There were some times last year that teams were able to take advantage of our coverage using four- and five-wide-receiver sets." Alford said. "We plan to combat that this year by bringing in extra defensive backs in place of linebackers [when opposing teams use three- or four-receiver sets] to give us faster, more athletic personnel to cover the wide receivers...
During the public comment period, a few residents raised concerns about the city's recent insecticide spraying to combat the West Nile virus. The disease was found in seven birds in Cambridge during the summer, leading the city to spray for mosquitoes over wide areas including Harvard Square...