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...wouldn't have happened. [...]She was persevering, generous, warm and caring." While the Law School made appointments in the past decade that strengthened the faculty in corporate and business law, it has recently added more scholars in the fields of constitutional and administrative law, according to Professor Richard H. Fallon, a constitutional scholar. "As I look at the rising generation of young scholars, we’ve been extraordinarily successful in getting the best of the generation," said Fallon, who serves on the appointments committee. "We make lots of good appointments at the Law School, [but] this is one that...
...Bush Administration. It meshes with the views of the operational types at the Pentagon, who have steadfastly resisted the march to war led by some Administration hawks. The anti-war group was composed of Defense Secretary Robert Gates; Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Admiral William Fallon, who oversees the U.S. forces that would have had to wage that war. In recent months, all have pushed back privately and publicly, on the wisdom of going to war with Tehran. Indeed, the Pentagon's intelligence units were instrumental in forming the NIE's conclusions...
...possibility that the U.S. might make a preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities can be measured by how frequently the Bush Administration trots a senior official out to insist that there are no plans to launch such an attack. On Nov. 12, it was Admiral William Fallon's turn. The head of the Pentagon's Central Command, which would execute a strike should the day ever come, dismissed the idea in an interview with the Financial Times. "It astounds me that so many pundits and others are spending so much time yakking about this topic," Fallon said...
...ground forces are stretched tight in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and while American air power could delay an Iranian push for atomic power, experts concede it probably couldn't thwart it. Admiral William Fallon, who as head of the U.S. Central Command would oversee any war against Iran, has spoken out against the idea of attacking Iran, as has his predecessor, John Abizaid, a now-retired Army general...
...followers have been spoiled recently—two World Series titles in four years—it is time to face reality. The season’s over. Retire the jersey and don something with long sleeves. Luckily, for those of you who need to relive the magic, Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore’s lighthearted romantic comedy “Fever Pitch” (2005) remains a solid home-run flick to hold you over until spring training. While Lindsey (Barrymore) tries to discern if schoolteacher Ben (Fallon) is more smitten with...