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...Bombs & a Blonde. The U.S., carrying the main burden of the war in Korea, was still in 1952 the richest and strongest nation on earth, richer and stronger than it had ever been, but even its great strength was not enough. The U.S., like the rest of the world, was tired of the incubus of permanent crisis, tired of high taxes, tired of a war that was never done and never won, tired of the peace dove that was only a clanking phony made in Moscow. For all its might & main, the U.S. could find no quick...
...catch a flight out of Baghdad's international airport and trust that the pilot can dodge the rockets that rebels sometimes fire at planes after takeoff. But last week just getting there was an ordeal: roadside bombs and insurgent attacks prompted U.S. forces to twice seal off the main highway to the airport. The closures were temporary, but across Baghdad, they added to the ineluctable sense that the city is under siege. Behind the blast walls of housing compounds, people huddled, waited and wondered, How are we going to get out of here...
...main competitors are the major multi-million dollar corporate commercial stations in Boston,” Stona writes. “Our commercial status forces us to ‘play in the big leagues’ per se and to maintain a distinct level of professionalism...
Discussions about restructuring began last week, when the UC’s three main committees—CLC, the Finance Committee (FiCom), and the Student Affairs Committee (SAC)—discussed reform at their meetings...
...Lula doesn't need that much charisma to stand out against his main opponent, the former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin, a dull technocrat jokingly said to have all the appeal of the chuchu, a tasteless vegetable. If Alckmin loses it will probably be more because of who he is than for what he might do. And it will probably be in spite of what Lula's party has done...