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...American soldiers patrolling Baghdad's dangerous neighborhoods are under no illusions; many treat Iraqi soldiers and policemen with suspicion sometimes bordering on hostility. Higher up the chain of command, there are still optimists, but even they are growing more cautious. Lieut. General Martin Dempsey, the American general until recently responsible for training Iraqi forces, gave a guarded assessment of their quality not long ago, telling of absenteeism and desertion from the ranks, and the scarcity of officers. Most of the Iraqi battalions in the surge are woefully undermanned, he said. Nonetheless, Dempsey maintained that the Iraqis would be "capable...
...fact that his origins are Italian, Belgium's second-largest immigrant community after Moroccans, adds a third dimension to the identity challenge represented by his candidacy. But the dapper, bow-tied Di Rupo is handicapped by recurrent scandals in his Socialist Party, and has been criticized for his poor command of the Flemish language...
...Apatow labors under none of those caveats. Marriage is an option, not a command, for couples living together; nearly 40% of all babies born in 2005 had unmarried mothers; more than a million legal abortions are performed each year in the U.S. So Apatow, like all modern comedy writers, has another challenge: how to create social and ethical barriers - the ones the old screenwriters relied on for their characters to hurdle - when few exist. His tactic: rebuild the old barriers. If those hobbling conventions worked for the old masters, they might be worth resuscitating...
Male Harvard College graduates who are entering the workforce next year will command substantially higher starting salaries than their female classmates, according to results of a survey of 901 seniors conducted by The Crimson...
...first had been in the country only two years, having fled his native Russia at age 16. He had spent the time in America attending an inner-city public school in Rochester, N.Y., and arrived at Harvard with a still-shaky command of English. The second student, the son of two Harvard alumni, had attended a prestigious private school in Washington, D.C. He could read a book in less than 20 minutes and manage to retain everything...