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...opposition to the Kabul government, the alternative is a return to chaos. And so in recent weeks the U.S. military has assumed the kind of peacekeeping duties that the Bush Administration has sought to hand off to the 5,000-person International Security Assistance Force. Last month Lieut. General Dan McNeill, the commander of U.S.-led forces in the country, spent an afternoon mediating a border-tax dispute between rival warlords from Kandahar and Herat. After an hour of discussions at a house overlooking Herat, the trio emerged and broke into a round of hugs. "We've been drawn into...
...hectic weekly schedule and live format have kept its cast and crew in a state of barely controlled mania since the first show in 1975. The pressure-cooker atmosphere helps explain why Dan Aykroyd ended up sleeping with producer Lorne Michaels' wife, not to mention with Gilda Radner, who developed an eating disorder, and Laraine Newman, who was snorting heroin. It led to Julia Sweeney and Dana Carvey weeping in their dressing rooms, and Chris Farley running around naked and defecating out of a 17th-story window. Not to mention Bill Murray and Chevy Chase throwing punches moments before...
Kulash is confident, and deservedly so. After meeting future OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind at the age of 11, the native Chicagoans started a band called the Greased Ferrets. Andy Duncan, after overcoming initial missteps, joined the party in high school, and Kulash met current drummer Dan Konopka while studying at Brown. After officially forming in 1999, OK Go finally broke when Ira Glass, host of the public radio show “This American Life,” requested that the band perform with him on a touring version of the show. Their fan base grew rapidly, and they...
...better bring the big stick or it was gonna get ugly,” he said (though it’s unclear exactly what “the big stick” means in the context of a kicking contest). “So I think Dan was a little shaken before setting foot on the field. To make matters worse, I know I’m pretty intimidating suited up in pads. Just ask any of the guys on the team...
...Objectively speaking, I’d say Dan has a very weak to moderately weak leg,” Blewett said, summing up his archrival. “However, I see room for improvement. If I worked with him 7 days a week, 8 hours a day, for say 9 months, I think Dan would have a fair shot at making the JV squad at BB&N [Cambridge prep school Buckingham Browne & Nichols...