Word: commandeering
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...Osama bin Laden or his second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, were alive and in hiding, wouldn't they be making videotaped statements that refer to recent events for broadcast on the Arab TV station al-Jazeera? The audiotapes and obviously old videotapes that have been released are unimpressive. PASQUALE J. PIACENTE Newington, Conn...
...gloating," read the e-mail that greeted euphoric Republican leaders as they sleeplessly stumbled into work last Wednesday. The command came directly from the White House, which hours earlier had pulled off the biggest presidential triumph in a midterm election in nearly a century. George W. Bush and his strategists were worried that excessive celebration by congressional Republicans could infuriate Democrats, polarize the electorate and poison the slim, precious mandate the President had at last won. And so on Wednesday, White House aides fanned out across Washington holding strategy sessions and conference calls with congressional leaders and top G.O.P. operatives...
...Ledbetter Watches to watch out for By rights, this should be a bad time to launch high-end wristwatches: luxury goods are in a slump, and pricey timepieces are moving particularly slowly. And yet this fall has seen the introduction of several limited-edition pieces. Why? Because watches can command a profit margin of up to 40%, higher than most luxury products. Louis Vuitton led the pack with the $6,600 LV Cup Watch. Each watch contains 277 parts, and only 277 watches were made. Prada teamed up with IWC to produce 2,000 of the $4,400 GST Chrono...
...NATO for? Last year's terror attacks inspired the alliance to invoke for the first time Article 5 of the NATO treaty, the clause mandating common defense. But the air went out of that historic gesture when the Bush Administration all but ignored it, steering well clear of NATO command structures for its attack on Afghanistan. The U.S. has waged the military war on terror largely on its own, and shows every sign of doing the same in Iraq. If it comes to war against Baghdad, America will doubtless have key allies at its side, but NATO itself...
...initiative," which set out 59 areas - from field hospitals to tankers - where nations should beef up their arsenals. While most goals were achieved, "they picked the low-hanging fruit," admits a NATO official. The crucial big-ticket items remain: protection against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; better equipment for command, control, communication and intelligence; better combat support; and the hardware to deploy European soldiers quickly and effectively. It's no coincidence that these are exactly the things the Europeans need for their own E.U. Rapid Reaction Force: 60,000 men, deployable within 60 days and sustainable for a year...