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...latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve a foreign enemy. Instead it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, and concerns the question of whether America needs a new generation of nuclear warheads. While serving under former President George W. Bush, Gates had repeatedly called for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program to be put into operation, because the nation's current nukes - mostly produced in the 1970s and '80s - are growing so old that their destructive power may be in question...
...first corporate honcho to choose Vail instead of a corporate showdown. Years ago, N.J. Nicholas Jr., then the co-CEO of Time Warner (TIME's parent company), was vacationing in Vail when he was summoned by the board. Nick was about to become the ex-co-CEO, having lost a power struggle to Gerald Levin, the man who would later sell the company to AOL. (That worked well, didn't it?) Nicholas declined. He knew the game was over. He got on the lift instead. (See pictures of TIME's Wall Street covers...
...these are serious times: the same day the Senate convened with two Democratic seats unfilled (comedian Al Franken's microscopic margin of victory is being contested in Minnesota), Obama announced that the nation could soon face a trillion-dollar deficit. Instead of serious leadership, Congress gave us the Burris showdown--in which gall challenged sanctimony while insincerity vied with incompetence...
...Hamas' popularity was cemented in the 2006 parlimentary elections in the volatile region, when it won 74 out of 132 seats in a result that shocked Israeli and Western observers. Fatah's refusal to relinquish control following the election forced an explosive week-long showdown between western-backed Fatah forces and Hamas; the infighting culminated the expulsion of Fatah security forces from Gaza and a de facto divide of the territory controlled by the Palestinian Authority between the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which remained under Fatah control...
...20th Annual Badger Hockey Showdown in Madison, Wis. turned out to be no vacation for the Harvard men’s hockey team, as the Crimson (4-8-2, 4-3-2 ECAC) dropped both the semifinal and consolation games Dec. 27-28 against two non-conference opponents.Lake Superior State (3-6-5) advanced to the championship game—won by Wisconsin Dec. 28—after blowing past Harvard in a 6-2 victory on Saturday afternoon. The Crimson fell to Alabama-Huntsville 4-1 on Sunday after defensive breakdowns in the third period against the Chargers...