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...police stations and engaged in pitched street battles with U.S. and Iraqi forces. It took the Americans and their Iraqi partners the better part of a week to regain control, and a U.S. battalion had to be recalled from Fallujah to help. The attackers "showed a degree of local command and control we have not seen before," says Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. forces in Mosul. "The willingness to stand and fight signaled to me that something has changed." Also, rebels in Mosul have launched an intensive campaign of hit-and-run operations, kidnappings and beheadings. The bodies...
...were a stock, it would command a high P/E. It has a predictable cash flow, great cost control, good management and an insane demand for its product. But as Bowlen points out, none of that is of any interest to Broncos fans. "They couldn't care less if I make a dollar or $10 million. All they care about is winning the Super Bowl." Maybe the NFL should print a warning label on its tickets: Customer satisfaction not guaranteed...
Just how do they bring that football magic to TV every week? The production of television football has become a high-tech command performance. Behind the scenes, as Stover was getting ready to make that kick on a November Sunday afternoon, the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City looked like NASA control. The network was broadcasting four games simultaneously across the country (all of the CBS affiliates in Texas, for example, aired the Houston Texans--Indianapolis Colts contest, while New York, Baltimore and even North Dakota got Jets-Ravens). Hundreds of workers monitored screens in some two dozen control...
...cowardice to superiors and accept the consequences or attempt somehow to flee. He chose the latter option. In the wee hours of Jan. 5, 1965, having downed 10 cans of beer a few hours earlier, Jenkins, then 24, made his move. At first he stuck to his routine, taking command of a dawn patrol near the DMZ. But at about 2:30 a.m., he told his men he was going to check on something up ahead. He disappeared down a hill and never returned. It would be nearly 40 years before he would return to face the U.S. military...
This is not to say that the songwriting is not at times excellent; the band has perfected and patented the formula for a good U2 song, and they show themselves in command of this on How to Dismantle... The songs are individually-wrapped candies that offer a familiar but fulfilling sensation with an ignorable degree of retread. It is short on innovation but immediately appealing in its familiarity, which is enough for now. But it means fans are still waiting for their third wave of reinvention and relevance...