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...thing we know: a serious hurricane is due to strike New York City, just as one did in 1821 and 1938. Experts predict that such a storm would swamp lower Manhattan, Brooklyn and Jersey City, N.J., force the evacuation of more than 3 million people and cost more than twice as much as Katrina. An insurance-industry risk assessment ranked New York City as No. 2 on a list of the worst places for a hurricane to strike; Miami came in first. But in a June survey measuring the readiness of 4,200 insured homeowners living in hurricane zones...
Americans, it turns out, have good memories of the Clinton presidency. In the TIME poll, two-thirds said they have a favorable view of that time, and Bill's job-approval rating was 70%, nearly twice George W. Bush's. But do they want him wandering the White House with no real job and no accountability? Only 18% said they would like to see him play a major role in a Hillary Clinton White House. Frets a Hillary confidant: "There's always going to be that question, Is she running on her own, or is she running as his surrogate...
...with some of the Army's priorities in her state, including West Point and the perpetually deployed 10th Mountain Division, based at Fort Drum. It didn't entirely surprise him that it took three months to get on her schedule or that, once he did, her staff called his twice to remind him that she couldn't spare more than 15 minutes...
...looks at [grass-farming] as a crazy system is that it takes work. It takes intensive management. Whereas instead of feeding a flock of lambs on grass that has to be just right, you just stick them in a barn and you feed them grain. And they get fatter twice as quick...
...Israel may still harbor hopes that the war would turn Lebanon's civilians against Hizballah, but all the evidence from the refugees returning home pointed to the contrary. Adorning many of the cars were brand new posters of Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, his cherubic face twice its normal size on the flyers. "A Divine Victory," they said. Refugees said they had received them from Hizballah-run schools where many of them stayed, after having received money from Hizballah's social services arm to help them rebuild in the south...