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...factor in Kurdistan's boom. Almost no Iraqi flag flies, and fewer than 1,000 U.S. soldiers are deployed in the territory. In the lobby of Arbil's only five-star hotel, filled with American and European businessmen discussing prospects, the buzz in the crowd has one persistent theme: in the world's most dangerous country, foreign businesses can work safely by basing their Iraq operations in Kurdistan rather than 320 km south in Baghdad. "For anybody wanting to do anything in Iraq today, the entry point is Kurdistan," says Magne Normann, DNO's senior vice president and Iraq project...
...sending a text message. For example, insurance-company Nationwide is encouraging visitors to send in snapshots via a company website. Each afternoon it posts selected photos on the 23-story Reuters billboard in New York City's Times Square. Up the street, Walt Disney World advertises a new theme-park attraction. Send a text message to the number posted, and seconds later your phone buzzes with an sms from Disney asking whether you want further promotions. For now, the advertiser knows only your number. Before too long, though, it could know your name too. Pretty cool stuff - and maybe just...
...general officer to name the No. 1 theme of Rumsfeld's latest Pentagon tour, and the answer probably won't be war. At the heart of Rumsfeld's activism is a desire to re-establish civilian control over a military that ran circles around the Clinton Administration. Not long after arriving in 2001, Rumsfeld announced plans to "transform" the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines into lighter, faster, stealthier fighting units. To the guys in uniform, "transform" meant not only cuts but also civilian oversight, so the military did what it does best: it prepared for a long siege. Rumsfeld...
...walking down the street at night, and I passed the MAC...I was thinking about ‘Jaws’...if we showed it in the pool, it would be just amazing.” Horovitz played a techno remix of the “Jaws” theme song outside the Science Center and got a friend to dress in a shark costume to advertise the event, which became so popular that pool seats for the 10 p.m. show sold out. Students at the 7 p.m. screening were enthusiastic. “This is amazing...
...Street Fighting Man,” from “Beggars Banquet,” further elucidates this revolutionary theme. An answer to the Beatles’ “Revolution,”—which urged non-violent resistance—the Stones’ track exhorted the id-like primacy of “fighting in the street” with the refined sensitivity of the professional hooligan...