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...concerned with different forms of love and their manifestation in sexual and emotional relationships. The stories themselves are, for the most part, fast-paced and free of practically any form of superfluous exposition, which is possibly the collection’s greatest strength. Schlink proves himself completely in command of the odd situations he creates by sparing his readers lengthy descriptions and unnecessary details. This, combined with Schlink’s wonderfully off-beat characters, makes Flights a truly worthy collection. Some of the stories are better than others, however, and Schlink is most successful when he is conscious...
...military wants to assign a single four-star officer to protect American territory, just as four others are responsible for the European, Central, Pacific and Southern commands. These regional commanders in chief are called CINCs. Although CINCs have been around since World War II, there's never been such a high-ranking officer in charge of defending the U.S. It's likely that the mission will be assigned to either the Norfolk-based Joint Forces Command, which oversees 80% of U.S. forces based inside the U.S., or NORAD, based in Colorado Springs, Colo. The homeland-defense commander would support...
...second-hand auto park. In the chill dawn, 140 battered cars and sagging trucks huddled, piled high with furniture, bundles, gardening tools. At 6:30 a.m. they chuffed and spluttered, wheeled into line, and started rolling. Led by a goggled policeman on a motorcycle, a jeep and three command cars full of newsmen, they headed for the dark, towering mountains to the east. Thus, last week, the first compulsory migration in U.S. history set out for Manzanar, in California's desolate Owens Valley. In the cavalcade were some 300 Japanese aliens and Nisei--U.S. citizens of Japanese blood...
...like an obvious idea when the Pentagon seems so involved in every aspect of American life right now. Since Sept. 11 its warplanes have been patrolling U.S. skies, and thousands of military troops have been guarding U.S. airports and key bridges, ports and dams. But these forces are being commanded by very different parts of the military: the airplanes are controlled by the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and ports are being looked after by both the Coast Guard and the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command. The National Guard troops, meanwhile, are guarded by the nation's Governors. In other...
That's partly why the White House backs the idea of an "Americas Command" but wants it limited to managing the Pentagon bureaucracy. If there is a catastrophic attack, that management will allow quick action, but the Administration is concerned about assigning any standing military force to missions now handled by police and other law-enforcement and emergency agencies. Governors argue that they know better than the momentarily garrisoned how to patrol their own backyard and protect their neighbors. Soldiers should be used only as "the last resort," Ridge says. Some of his "Governor friends"--Ridge is the former Pennsylvania...