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...Yanks and Brits but Canadian, French, Polish and Dutch troops swarming across the Channel from southern England, which had turned into a vast base163 new airfields, 2 million tons of supplies, 1,500 tanks, 5,000 boats. The Luftwaffe's 183 fighter planes that day faced 11,000 Allied aircraft...
...from the war's outbreak provided time for America the Unready to draft, train and deploy an invasion force of some 3 million men; time to season those untested civilian soldiers in North Africa and Italy; time to stockpile in Britain nearly 5 million tons of munitions, thousands of aircraft and an armada of 6,483 ships; time for British and U.S. bombers to cripple Germany's industrial plant and snarl its rail lines; time for the Soviets to bleed the Wehrmacht white on the ghastly killing fields of the eastern front; and, not least, time for Franklin Roosevelt...
...outright conflict. In this complex triangular relationship, Washington is in the most awkward position. It has a "one China" policy but is obligated by its Taiwan Relations Act to come to the island's defense if Taiwan is attacked by the Chinese military. Indeed, in 1996, Washington dispatched two aircraft carriers to the waters off Taiwan after Beijing fired unarmed missiles at the island. In recent years, however, the U.S. and China have grown closer: the two countries have forged strong economic ties, and Beijing has supported Washington's war on terror and its efforts to contain North Korea...
...forks and spoons used to cost $2 million a year, but employees at headquarters came up with the idea of reverse auctioning on the Internet and saved $600,000 by buying them in Asia. Of all the changes in operating methods, some of the most productive have come in aircraft maintenance. Workers on MD-80 heavy overhauls realized they could reuse perfectly good windows, light bulbs and fasteners on the plane's outer skin without compromising safety. They saved $30,000 on each overhaul--trimming at least $5 million a year. Shop-floor workers in Tulsa, Okla., taking lean-manufacturing...
...Kerry get it? For his tour on the Gridley, which supported an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin...