Word: core
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...That stands to reason. War fighting is the Army's core mission; "stability operations" like coin have traditionally been considered jobs for the National Guard and other peripheral sorts, disdained by real warriors. But the desire for large set-piece battles-like the invasion of Iraq-has proved a diversion from the actual struggle against Islamist terrorism, which requires high-powered police work, with special forces taking the lead. Similarly, "counterinsurgency is essentially special-forces work," says Colonel Edward Short, director of the Army's coin Center for Excellence in Iraq. "It should be considered an elite operation, requiring special...
...sexual performance jokes. And, especially, horny dog jokes. Eventually, they give up on "writing" and call in the special-effects technicians, who literally inflate Sandler to the point where you want to turn your eyes from the screen. In short, the movie is all about pleasing Sandler's core audience, comprised almost exclusively of dorky adolescent males, who are always pleased to believe that grown-ups behave as moronically as they...
...Still, even before news that Radiohead's appearance had shifted the event's demographics, with a larger slice of tickets going to New Yorkers than previous years, the Web was burning with a heated debate on the pros and cons of expanding the event's core mission. On the North Mississippi All Stars Message Board, "wdsmith" fumed: "The lineup for this year's Bonnaroo is a joke." Countered "Hipman": "Radiohead is amazing live, I think they fit in pretty good at Bannaroo really...
...cryptic political stance. But in the new songs, perhaps because Yorke now has a separate outlet for his more personal yearnings, the fusion of urgency and detachment feels organic, unforced and fertile. Like Bonnaroo, Radiohead is bigger than ever and poised to reach audiences far beyond its core constituency. The band sounds reorganized and reenergized, ready to plant the seeds of what will come next...
...trend has been especially hard on Central City, the working-class neighborhood sandwiched between New Orleans' downtown core and the historic Garden District. The neighborhood was dark for months after Katrina, but residents began returning in large numbers this spring, some to repair damaged homes and a dangerous few, law enforcement officials say, to stake out territory in the city's gang wars...