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Altshuler, who is a political scientist by training, said he initially felt nervous about his lack of a formal background in design...
...deploy mushroom-cloud words like "collapse" and then offer free candy? Besides, at some point Bush will have to start talking about the benefit cuts and big-time borrowing that are an inevitable result of diverting revenue from the system. Why not do it now? At a background briefing for reporters earlier in the day, a "senior administration official" insisted that it was too early to talk about such thorny matters...
...Mosul, Iraq. Escorting convoys of trucks and oil tankers along lawless roads isn't the safest work in the world. But, back home for a month's leave, Cinavilakeba is already planning his return. "It's exciting," he says with a grin. "And with our military background" - he and his fellow security guards are all former soldiers - "the threat to our lives is not that big." The rewards, however, are huge. Global Risk International, the security company he works for, pays its Fijian employees upwards of $1,500 a month, 10 times what they'd earn as security guards...
...Background Good background information on the election is available at the Council on Foreign Relations, while the penetrating analyses of Dr. Anthony Cordesman, available in PDF downloads from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, offer some of the best informed perspectives on the security and political outlook for the U.S. mission in Iraq. One of the best election map briefings available online can be found at the Sydney Morning Herald...
...leading role in drafting his as-yet-undefined initiative late last week—several days after outcry first arose over his suggestion that “innate differences” may help to explain the underrepresentation of female scientists on elite university faculties. Faust’s academic background and her current administrative post make her a natural choice to take charge of the president’s new effort...