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There are two important rules at Combat Outpost Rabiya, a tiny compound recently erected by U.S. troops on the west side of Mosul. First, do not urinate in any of the three wooden outhouses built over a ditch in the back. The waste has to be burned since there is no running water, and that is difficult to do when it's wet. Visitors are politely told to direct fluids into a hose leading downhill to a creek. Second, when going to the toilet--or anywhere away from the shelters of the camp's twin tents--always wear a helmet...
...professor of financial management at the Business School, and Annamaria Lusardi, an economics professor at Dartmouth College. The survey, conducted by the global market research firm TNS, asked 1,000 Americans about credit card debt. Over 64 percent of respondents could not correctly estimate how their interest would compound over time. The majority of people also said they did not understand minimum payments, and few could determine the different financial consequences between paying monthly installments or a lump sum. The results also revealed that one in four of those surveyed said they had too much debt. “This...
...Thomas looked at Ardman's chart, riffled through a book describing prescription drugs, searched a couple of drawers and accidentally dropped something on the floor. Ardman was already receiving a drip of dopamine, a compound that treats low blood pressure. Merely increasing the dosage of dopamine would almost certainly raise Ardman's blood pressure, relieve his nausea and dizziness, and bring him out of crisis...
...militant. In one corner of the market camp, villagers have stockpiled sharpened bamboo stakes - a defense against possible forced eviction. The villagers have also directed their anger at local officials regarded as allies of the company. At one recent protest, a crowd of about 200 people occupied a government compound to demand the resignation of a village chief. The demonstration began almost casually, with families picnicking or resting beneath the shade of a banyan tree. But tempers rose with the broiling midday heat. A squad of policemen armed with machine guns arrived and took up a position opposite the protesters...
...exactly the host you'd expect: relaxed, honest, easy. Four years ago, when I left a message with his publicist to set up a time to talk to him, he simply called my voice mail and left his home number. In the summer, at his six-house compound in Lake Como, Italy, he throws nightly Algonquin-style dinners featuring such guests as Al Gore, Walter Cronkite and Quincy Jones. "He's an excellent host," says Tony Gilroy, director of Michael Clayton. "He's really smart about figuring out what people need and want. Are they hot? Happy? Cold? Thirsty...