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...George W. Bush?s drive to restructure the military into a quick, agile and cost-effective force appropriate for the post-Cold War world started promisingly enough. "As president, I will begin an immediate, comprehensive review of our military," Bush announced at The Citadel in South Carolina - a review that would cover "the structure of its forces, the state of its strategy, the priorities of its procurement." These would be radical changes, he said, pushing the military beyond "marginal improvements" to "skip a generation of technology...
...kind of lasting bonds that are too often lacking in off-line society. They meet and swap tips in the chat rooms, they build friendships over sales, they sometimes even wed. Spend any amount of time hanging out here and you will get the impression of a vast, virtual citadel under rapid construction, a tower of Babel with street hawkers on every level, most all of them kept honest by the gaze of their neighbors...
...Citadel, Charleston, S.C. Cadets put on dress whites for the Corps Day Hop. They can even find dates on campus: coed since 1996, the student body includes 60 female cadets...
...Katie: During my programs all over the country, I do speak at the Citadel and the naval academy and male-dominated institutions. Men walk away from hearing my story without feeling threatened or blamed, but rather empowered to get involved and take a stand. “Take Back the Night” at Harvard was amazing and there were so many stories when we formed the circle that it was overwhelming. Harvard students had more stories of rape than any other Take Back the Night that I have attended this year. There were stories about siblings, girlfriends...
...slumbering in the half-light between dawn and day as minibuses and taxis take tourists to the small San Pedro rail station. There, behind the chaotic stalls of the city market, crowds jostle in the entrance waiting for the three services that run from Cuzco to the famed Inca citadel of Machu Picchu. The most comfortable and costly of the three services is the one-stop, 3 1/4-hour Inca service that leaves Cuzco at 6:15 a.m. daily for Machu Picchu. For railroad buffs, this 70-mile Cuzco-to-Machu Picchu line--another of the few remaining narrow-gauge passenger...