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...Iraq war, has brought a new boldness to his post, which he took over a month ago. He is calling for the Corps to grow by at least 5,000 from its current level of 175,000. In meetings with legislators, sources say, Conway has argued for a bigger increase, up to some...
...twosome have a symbiotic relationship would be an understatement. Oleg, the elder, is also the bigger and more garrulous of the pair. Kid brother Vladimir, meanwhile, is slighter and more taciturn, but quick with a smile and a mischievous joke - or an existential musing about the nature of their brotherhood. "We have often wondered if just one of us exists, while the other is just a figment of his imagination," says Vladimir. "Except," adds Oleg, "we never got to sort out which of us is which." That exchange is indicative of how the brothers work on their original and absurd...
...millions more wounded. The other lesson we failed to learn was how easily the U.S. government can lie and lead us into war. In Vietnam it was the big lie about a U.S. warship's being attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. In Iraq it was the even bigger lie about weapons of mass destruction. Massimo Podrecca New York City...
...center he places century-old wood-carved figurines representing the Holy Family. He then populates the slopes, lakes and caves with several hundred animals, shepherds, fishermen, hunters, hunched grannies and bearded villagers, many of which were carved and painted by Bukvaj himself. But he wishes it was even bigger: Bukvaj feels that his 7-m-by-3-m room still doesn't provide enough space for his nativity scene. "If I only could tear this wall down," he laments...
...trends at work in the persistence of Diana conspiracy theories. "Over the past 50 years, there's been a shift from scapegoating minorities - 'the Jews did it, the blacks did it' - to blaming people in power, like the royal family, the government, intelligence agencies. That's always been a bigger theme in the U.S. than in Britain, but Britain, indeed Europe as a whole is following the U.S. in this respect...