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Perish the thought! Or, to be more precise, if that thought took root, what would perish would be America's economic health. To a remarkable extent, our mass prosperity rests upon a base of annual hysteria...
Thus Israeli commanders are working to undo the complacency that has taken root in the military over years of relative calm. First, Defense Minister Mordechai wants to restock military stores, such as ammunition, spare weapons and parts, which have fallen, he says, to "irrational" levels. The military is asking that its $9.5 billion annual budget be topped off with an additional $1 billion to finance further purchases of materiel and increased training of the troops...
Arriving uneven, never healed, gasping and yet certainly undanceable, unjumpable, and unslamable, the songs tend to root audience members, who are used to being able to recline in their sweet darkness (or their lover's sweet arms!), to a double-footed position on the floor, nearly impassive, as if unwittingly having looked upon a semi-hand-some, but helplessly stray, masculine Medusa. Sadness' vicar...
...hoping to avoid a repeat of Tailhook--in which no one was ever convicted after scores of women were assaulted by Navy aviators--the Army brass is moving quickly in this case to demonstrate "zero tolerance" and assure the public that they will do all they can to root out further wrongdoing throughout the armed forces...
...five years since the tricolor flag of Russia replaced the hammer and sickle flying over the Kremlin, Moscow has made a number of difficult, courageous and correct choices, both from its own standpoint and from ours. Democracy is taking root. The rudiments of a market economy and a financial infrastructure are now in place. The ruble is stable; inflation is under control; the private sector produces 70% of the gross domestic product...