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...book, you draw a lot of parallels between the response at 9/11 and the response to Hurricane Katrina. The chaos of 9/11 has been ascribed in large degree to the fact that the nature of the attack was a surprise. We knew there was a terrorist threat; we didn't know it would become manifest in this particular way. What was different with Katrina was that it was an event that had been anticipated and planned for in the gulf region for decades. So whatever you can say about the response to Katrina, it was not a consequence of surprise...
...exasperated Sauer declared in the complaint that he repeatedly tried to draw the line. "There needs to be a clear understanding, acknowledgment, and willingness to correct the financial deficiencies built into this thing by the business development people," he wrote in one e-mail to top executives, according to the court document. "You are going to have to go into the margin - either commit to spending the money, or pull the plug on this now before ArmorGroup looks more stupid than a box of rocks." (See pictures of British soldiers in Afghanistan...
...last year because they feared he would collude with other suspects. Chen has maintained that he is a victim of "political persecution" by the ruling Kuomintang (KMT), which favors closer ties with China. During his detention, Chen has gone on prolonged hunger strikes and wrote a memoir to draw sympathy for his case. His defense team asserts that rules regarding political expense funds and donations have always been vague, and that Chen is innocent...
...soundtrack, released in 2007. Throughout his career, the singer-songwriter has dabbled in jazz, orchestral sounds, straight-up rock, or wherever his fancy took him. His sixth studio album presents a mature artist that has found and settled comfortably into his own layered pop sound. Now able to draw from experience, Lerche takes the elements that worked best from his previous albums and brings them together; the record blends in remarkably well with the fabric of his career. Even first listeners of Sondre Lerche will find that there’s something immediately recognizable about him; his lyrical simplicity...
...Soccer's Neil Buethe says FIFA is allotting 12% of each stadium's seats to participating teams, and once the American team has qualified, fans should check ussoccer.com for more information. The next phase of ticket sales begins on Dec. 5, the day after the final draw. As of Sept. 1, the U.S. is second only to the host country in ticket purchases--78,328, according to FIFA, almost double that of the next best, England. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati isn't surprised, crediting the sales to the increasing popularity of the sport domestically along with the sheer size...