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...over the various intel budgets. To fight terrorists, Kerry wants to double the number of Army special-operations personnel. In all, he would like to add 40,000 active-duty soldiers to the U.S. military to ease the burden on overstretched troops. He wants to increase funding for inspecting cargo at ports and on airplanes and to create a single national terrorist watch list. He wants NATO to play a larger role in Afghanistan, where he says al-Qaeda is "regrouping and strengthening," and promises to get tough with Saudi Arabia, a source of terrorist funding and extremist teachings. Kerry...
...plans to fight terrorism and protect the United States are more logical, use government funds more efficiently and respect the dignity of human life far more than the policies President Bush has pursued. Kerry’s proposals to increase inspections of air shipments and sea cargo and to protect sensitive domestic targets—such as chemical plants sorely in need of added defense—show his keen awareness of America’s vulnerabilities. Finally, Kerry has identified the presence of idle nuclear stockpiles and foreign energy dependence as two major long-term threats to the security...
...decades, India has been the final destination for much of the world's trash: rusty cargo ships, plastic scraps, rags and used engine oil. Even thousands of tons of rubble from the World Trade Center were shipped to India for disposal. Taking refuse for a fee is a basic trade, but it provides satisfactory profits for recyclers...
...also static. French critic Michel Ciment called Ghost 2 "animation without animation"--a cartoon in which the images don't move much. On stolid figures and faces, only the mouths move, as in the old Clutch Cargo TV series. The action scenes don't move at a clip either. Sometimes Oshii preens a little, as when the camera tracks slowly around an object. It points out what's missing in his approach: fluidity of character line, the subtlety of expression that brought humanity to a Warner Bros. cartoon duck or rabbit...
From 1998 to 2002, sales of kids' furniture rose 32%, compared with an 11% increase for the rest of the furniture industry. And companies like Pottery Barn (Pottery Barn Kids), Bombay Company (Bombay Kids) and Pier 1 Imports (Cargo Kids) are cashing in on the trend, introducing their own lines. Several factors are fueling the growth. Television shows, such as Trading Spaces for Kids and Knock First have made kids more opinionated about what their rooms should look like. And there are more kids. The number of U.S. births rose steadily from 1998 to 2000. Couples who have children later...