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...chokehold - a mission the insurgents will, undoubtedly, be doing their utmost to disrupt at every turn. It may be premature to say the battle is being lost, but nor is it possible, yet, to claim that it is being won. Which may be why Washington's only viable exit strategy from Iraq, right now, may require increasing, rather than decreasing its commitment of U.S. personnel there...
...Here's a look at the most memorable breaches. June 1981 Three German tourists climb over the walls and camp overnight on the grounds of Buckingham Palace, believing it to be Hyde Park. After breakfast on the lawn, they are finally apprehended when they ask a gardener for the exit. Police announce a security review, but add, reassuringly, that the campers would have been discovered earlier if they hadn't stayed so close to the wall. July 1982 Michael Fagan breaks into the Queen's bedroom at Buckingham Palace. Police ignore a phone call for help, so the Queen chats...
...exit strategy from Iraq has always been to install a stable, friendly Iraqi government whose oil revenues would give it financial independence and withdraw the bulk of the force that had overthrown Saddam's regime. But the scale of the challenge of remaking Iraq forced Washington to adapt its plans. When U.S. viceroy Paul Bremer arrived to take the reins from the hapless Jay Garner he chose to keep political authority in U.S. hands rather than betting prematurely on any Iraqi group. To the chagrin of most of Iraq's many political factions, Bremer has put talk of a transitional...
...much attention for its clever use of secondary airports like Teterboro and, starting in June, White Plains, N.Y. Indigo CEO Pete Pappas, a longtime American executive, is a seasoned pro who sweats the little things--like promising a 6-ft. 8-in. frequent flyer a seat in the spacious exit row for all his trips...
...Chicago when Stoltz began fumbling in his pockets and pulled out a ring. But it wasn’t an engagement ring, just a special token he had given to her early in their relationship. It wasn’t until they were driving home and missed their exit that Levenson began to realize there was still another ring coming. Stoltz took her to the Chicago Planetarium, which overlooks Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. “It was beautiful, shimmering, very romantic, but cold,” she says. In a moment that she describes...