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...Felix has never fought in the jungles of northeastern Burma, where a rebel army is preparing for war with one of Asia's largest militaries. With no heavy artillery and little more than flip-flops and used flashlights to give their recruits, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) can only depend on guerrilla tactics to deter soldiers of the Burmese military regime. The 24-year-old cadet at the KIA's military academy, deep in the monsoon-drenched hills of Kachin state, juts his chin out, blinks back tears and announces he is ready for deployment. "I am shaking very hard...
...success or failure of the scheme will depend on how it's perceived by the public. The Sept. 23 U.N. meeting will kick off a marketing campaign that seeks to win over consumers. And the travel industry has been busy making sure the technology works perfectly before launch. "It's all a question of how it's presented to the consumer," Wilson says. Travel agents will be automatically given the prompt to ask for the donation as they process an order. Online, a new box will show up in the shopping cart just before customers are asked for their credit...
...Crimson signal callers stress that the offense will depend on the players surrounding them, primarily the talented wide receiver corps. Including Luft and Iannuzzi, Harvard returns six of its top seven receivers from a year ago. Together, the group accounted for 2,150 yards and 15 touchdowns last season...
...resurgence because it takes pressure off of what was once a much-beleaguered defense. In the standout’s first two seasons, Harvard averaged just 1.7 and 1.47 goals per game, versus 4.0 so far in 2009.“[In the past] we’ve really depended on the consistency of our defense,” Keating explains. “Games we should have been winning 4-0 or 5-0 we were winning 1-0 or 2-0… We’ve finally begun to depend on forwards and midfielders to score...
...pressure to Obama's decision about whether to double-down on a war he has called crucial to America's national security. The military wants a decision soon, but both the President and the Secretary of Defense are undecided - as they should be. Any decision about Afghanistan has to depend on whether the elections produce a plausible government - that is, one that includes Karzai's rivals, like Abdullah Abdullah and the excellent technocrat Ashraf Ghani, and removes from power allegedly corrupt elements, like Karzai's brother. And even then, the chance of success in Afghanistan is minimal...