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...Both sides predict the fight for Marja could be brutal, with belts of IEDs believed to be buried along all major approaches to the town. Unlike earlier battles over towns and villages further east, where many Taliban are from Pakistan, the enemy in Marja is largely local, which will further complicate the fight. "It's harder to separate the enemy from the people," a Pentagon planner says, "when they are the people." (See pictures of the battle against the Taliban...
...three years older. Working nights at a bar, she largely let her children fend for themselves. Doug was, not surprisingly, unable to cope with the responsibility of being a surrogate parent from as young as age seven or eight. He subjected Steven and their little sister to frequent, brutal beatings...
...subscribed to the Book-of-the-Month Club for 50 years. And he is careful, meticulously so. One decades-long colleague told me Gates will cancel a briefing if he hasn't done his homework. "Preparation for him is a cathartic experience," says his spokesman Morrell. He vents brutal answers to imaginary questions so he can be more diplomatic on the Hill. He's vigilant about the stagecraft of statecraft, even taking his own messy handwritten notes to meetings so his preparation can be seen. (See photos of Obama's West Point speech...
...than half a century. Piñera edged out Eduardo Frei, the center-left former President, who was backed by the widely popular outgoing President, Michelle Bachelet. Piñera won almost 52% of the vote, breaking the center left's hold on the office, which began after Augusto Pinochet's brutal dictatorship ended in 1990. Analysts attributed the result to Frei's lackluster campaign and Piñera's ability to separate himself from the legacy of Pinochet's rule...
...actually care about them and I’m here to teach them something. They are like soldiers. I’m not going to sit there and cuddle them. I’m not going to make them think that the fashion world is something different from the brutal, fast-paced, hard-working world that...