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...reinforcements to help its 450 soldiers under fire in Karbala, while the Ukrainian contingent at Kut was chased out of town by angry Shiites who took over their base. And the Iraqi security forces on which the U.S. hopes to rely increasingly have offered little cause for comfort - mostly, the Iraqi police simply melted away when the Sadrists arrived to take over their facilities, and in a number of cases the police were actually seen fighting alongside the militants. If the insurrection by members of Sadr's "Army of the Mahdi" succeeds in its goal of sparking a general rebellion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Iraq Hangs in the Balance | 4/7/2004 | See Source »

...There's comfort here for some people that their overeating is not a lack of willpower." RICHARD SIMERLY, researcher at Oregon Health and Science University in the U.S., on findings that obese people's brains might be "hardwired" at birth to tell the body to eat too much

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...junior netminder eased into his comfort zone as a result, despite two shaky performances in NCAA tournaments past in which he had averaged five goals against...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Howard Collapses Under Harvard Attack | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...anxious guy. "Being a coach is more frustrating than stressful, because so much is beyond your control." He may draw up the brilliant play, but Yao Ming has to make the chip shot. Knowing that someday they are likely to be fired, Van Gundy and others take comfort in the big paychecks. Before he got to the top, he scraped along as a lowly assistant at the college and pro levels. Real stress, he says, is "living paycheck to paycheck to take care of the bills." Next to that, listening to 20,000 fans screaming for your head is easy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: Full-Court Stress | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

...bowl of day-old doughnuts and take aim - at friends, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder other patrons, staff. (The café picks up the dry-cleaning tab if guests complain.) Doughnut battles break out at least twice a month. In between volleys of pastry, you can admire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Next Time You're In ... Prague | 3/30/2004 | See Source »

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