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...reason is that the bulk of Russia's dwindling defense budget goes to the army and air force to fight the war in Chechnya. That means little money for maintenance, and the result can be seen in naval bases all around Russia, where ships lie in rusting rows, crewed by unmotivated and often unpaid sailors...
Crime is the one thing Japan was always happy to admit was best made in America. But a teen killing spree is starting to give the lie to the idea that Japan is preternaturally immune from violence. Last week a 15-year-old boy on southern Japan's Kyushu Island slipped into a neighbor's house after dark and attacked six slumbering family members with a knife one by one, killing three. "Oh, no, not again," said Mikiko Takahashi, 46, the mother of two boys. "Our society must be out of order...
...Bushes know better than anyone that tough days lie ahead. There is, for instance, the broccoli issue. President Bush revealed he hated the stuff. Angry broccoli farmers marched to the White House with wagonloads of menacing broccoli. The President wonders if the vegetable will rear its ugly head again. "Maybe George W. needs a little more instruction on that." He laughs...
...That first paragraph was a lie, though it depends on what you mean by "lie." Rather, you could call it an ironic riff on the shocking predictability of political conventions and the importance of Gary Smith. At age 65, with 24 Emmy awards and four decades' experience with TV specials and variety shows, Smith has served as executive producer for Democratic conventions since 1988, when he began renting out his considerable showbiz expertise to a tradition that was, even then, wearing thin. That was the year he updated the look of the convention with an imposing wall of video screens...
...Tonight, though, all those troubling details lie ahead. This is a night of celebration for the Republicans. This is the crest of the wave for Bush-Cheney. Now we'll wait to see if they've got the gumption and strength to catch it - and ride it triumphantly to shore...