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...this time a crucial consolation was missing. After 9/11, whatever the evidence of intelligence failures, many people still saw that attack as almost unimaginable, so brutal and brazen an assault. But Katrina was in the cards, forewarned, foreseen and yet still dismissed until it was too late. That so many officials were caught so unprepared was a failure less of imagination than will, a realization all the more frightening in light of what lies ahead. For if we couldn't help our citizens in an hour of desperate need, how well will we do in six months or a year...
...background was crucial when she was seeking acquisition financing, which she ultimately obtained from Business Loan Express LLC, a New York City--based small-business lender that provides loans of up to $5 million to companies nationwide. "Even though there are no women that I know of running a hardware/farming store," says Chavez, "I was able to capitalize on my knowledge of this field to get a loan and also gain credibility with my vendors...
...Schr?der still has to contend with left-wing dissidents in the SPD. Their opposition to his economic reforms crippled his government, leading him to gamble on early elections in the first place. Germany's new left-wing alliance, the Linksb?ndnis, is exploiting unhappiness with reform to siphon off crucial support from the SPD. In response, Schr?der announced an increase in benefits for the long-term unemployed in eastern Germany and has agreed to a wealth tax on people earning over ?250,000 a year...
...directors often want their actors to "go bigger." Fiennes goes smaller--and inside. His onscreen speech is a mix of concealments and confidences, of whispers in a cave or under the covers. And he's not speaking softly just so you will be startled when he explodes. In a crucial scene he's less likely to shout than to stare or slouch--or sob, as he does, quietly but with naked intensity, in The Constant Gardener. It's his way of inhabiting all sides of someone like Justin. "I love it," he says, "when a film shows a character roundabout...
...leads it. To win such a war, one has to have credibility, and the U.S. no longer does. Very few people believe the Bush Administration is honest and right, and few trust its motives and methods. The U.S. as a whole is increasingly reviled in the Islamic world. The crucial question is, If the U.S. cannot lead the global war on terrorism, who is going to? Miguel Nadal Skelleftea, Sweden Krauthammer argued that the Iraq war has not necessarily increased Muslim resentment of the U.S. Does he really believe that, or is he just being provocative? In almost every country...