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...former infantry marine who served under Newbold's broad command from 1995 to '99, I would like to express my deepest respect and gratitude for his speaking out publicly. I supported the war in Afghanistan and was considering going back to the corps until the Bush Administration started rattling the saber for Iraq. Now if people ask me how I can be a marine and not support the war, I can say, "Ask General Newbold the same question." Vincent Babcock Sergeant, U.S.M.C. Marquette, Michigan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

Next, work should get started on cafeteria food, which, since 1946, has been subsidized by the National School Lunch Program. The law imposes general nutritional guidelines, but they are broad enough to let plenty of fried, fatty and starchy foods slide through. The Clintonites plan to bypass the government and negotiate directly with catering companies, purchasers and school nutritionists. Negotiations with fast-food restaurants--where kids spend an awful lot of social time, often without their parents--are employing another strategy, focusing less on adding healthy menu items that kids don't often eat and more on cutting back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bill Put the Fizz in the Fight Against Fat | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...creates pronoun confusion whenever "he" talks to another man.) That Everyman's hero dies is universal. How he dies is not: he is alone, isolated from his brother, sons and ex-wives because of his traits and choices--often selfish, childish ones--but Roth has sketched his story in broad terms that read like mere outlines of his earlier novels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Death Be Not Mundane | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...shop. In the wedding season, she sells as many as 20 dresses a month at prices of $100 to $400 apiece. Is she confident about the future? What does she think of Putin? She squirms uncomfortably, claiming not to know anything about politics. How about business? She flashes a broad smile. "Yes," she says, "I believe in the future of that." Today's Russia depends on a few million more catching that optimism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting Rich in the Heart of Russia | 5/7/2006 | See Source »

...letter, 14,000 words and 54 pages long, painted the legacy of Kirby’s tenure in broad strokes as well as in meticulous detail...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Kirby, A (54 Page) Long Goodbye | 5/5/2006 | See Source »

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