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...leaped into the Middle East crisis by dispatching Secretary of State Colin Powell to the region, it is clear that the President has come back to where he started, unable or unwilling to end the bickering among his top advisers and struggling to implement a plan because he cannot craft one in the first place...
...MANUFACTURING Even in this beleaguered sector, in which many firms have made huge layoffs, companies are having a hard time finding the right people. More than 80% of firms say they face a shortage of qualified machinists, craft workers and technicians, according to a recent survey by the National Association of Manufacturers. That deficit is likely to widen. Although manufacturing will not grow much overall during the next decade, a rapidly aging work force will create more than 2 million job openings--with many positions paying more than $50,000--for welders, tool- and diemakers, line managers and others...
...never be found guilty in a court of law. When the College admits that its current response to sexual assault is riddled with flaws—as Lewis did in his annual report—it cannot simply throw its hands up in the air. It must craft a new, effective response mechanism through which it can ensure the safety and welfare of its female students...
Gleitsman said that when he commissioned Lin to craft the awards, she was inspired by the idea that “some extraordinary people can see things more clearly than others—as if they were magnified...
...fizzled and he was living on a "p___-stained mattress" in Alberta, Canada. He says that even now he has few real friends on the WWF circuit. "I like doing things by myself," he tells me. He speaks sincerely of his commitment to learning the acting craft. He reminisces tenderly about the birth of his daughter, whom he describes as being "wrapped up like a burrito." He confesses to me that he suffers from a chronic Dunkin' Donuts addiction...