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There have been exceptions, albeit uncommon, to the rule of silence among military leaders. Former Army Chief of Staff General Shinseki, when challenged to offer his professional opinion during prewar congressional testimony, suggested that more troops might be needed for the invasion's aftermath. The Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Defense castigated him in public and marginalized him in his remaining months in his post. Army General John Abizaid, head of Central Command, has been forceful in his views with appointed officials on strategy and micromanagement of the fight in Iraq--often with success. Marine Commandant General Mike Hagee steadfastly...
...month in professional baseball has been no different. Even as the competition has narrowed and I find myself one step away—albeit, a large step—from realizing my dream of playing in the major leagues, the necessary adjustment period must be conquered. I am now at the point where I am trying to balance the initial shock of brushing shoulders with my former idols and convincing myself that I belong...
...rupiah, or about 55?). Racy programs are aired on late-night television, and one daytime soap even featured an episode in which schoolchildren watched porn videos in a group, then disappeared in pairs soon after. And the first issue of an Indonesian edition?albeit seminude?of Playboy magazine is scheduled to be published on April 7. All this has sparked a backlash from Indonesians worried about the country's moral direction. "The availability of pornography has reached alarming levels," says Juniwati Masjchun Sofwan, head of the Committee to Eradicate Pornography, an independent lobbying group. "It has become a social disease...
...Flooding Hurricanes regularly strike our coasts, but so do tsunamis, albeit with far less frequency. Major tsunamis have killed Americans and caused enormous damage three times in the past 60 years - in 1946, 1960 and 1964 - and a new one could strike at any time, according to the USGS. Despite the risk, only 27 coastal communities have the warning systems and evacuation plans they would need to be certified Tsunami Ready by the National Weather Service. "There should be more, and we're working aggressively to increase that number dramatically," says Troy Nicolini, the service's warning coordination meteorologist...
...might be expected, employers got the message, albeit one quite different from that spelled out in the 1986 and '96 legislation. Now many corporate managers feel emboldened to place orders for workers while the prospective employees are still in Mexico, then assist them in obtaining phony documentation and transport them hundreds, sometimes thousands of miles from the interior of Mexico to a production line in an American factory...