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...might well be what it would take in Iraq, but the U.S. has almost nowhere to turn for more manpower. Further internationalizing the military presence, the panacea offered by, among others, Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry, may sound good on the stump, but no U.S. ally intends to commit significant forces to a widening conflict--not while the CPA is in charge. Politically, the more pressing task is to keep allied troops in Iraq from bugging out. Even if most stay, U.S. military officials complain that the other foreign troops in Iraq showed last week that they...
...think that all of us have been consulted, but it’s more of a matter of how much of our own time we want to commit,” he says. “I’m aware of what’s been going...
Dartboard was very pleased to find that thefacebook.com has allowed its users to reveal even more information about their uber-interesting personal lives. Above and beyond listing each and every one of their closest 400 friends, committed facebook users—those in committed relationship, not those who commit their precious hours to the site—now have the option of designating exactly who that one special friend is, by naming outright who they’re “in a relationship” with...
...channel their emotions through anger and domination is plagued by crimes of power—date rape, domestic abuse and hate crimes. While male perpetrators often target women, man-on-man violence is more prevalent, accounting for 77 percent of all incidents. According to a United Nations report, men commit acts of violence against other men largely to maintain their own “hegemonic masculinity.” Threatened by other forms of masculinity, males often put down “deviant” males like metrosexuals. Those men who really diverge from accepted male behavior—homosexual...
Detectives arrested Charles Reid, 49, of Boston, on five charges, including trespassing, attempt to commit a crime, larceny from a building, and two counts of breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony...