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...Bush administration has shown little regard for the average soldier. Last November, the Army Times ran a story detailing proposed cuts to key military benefits, including family health care and on-base schools. These cuts would have sacrificed the living conditions of American troops while keeping funding constant for fighter and unmanned spy plane development and missile defense. Those plans were scrapped after a “shock-and-awe” display of military criticism, but Congress should still be wary of throwing new money into the Pentagon without making it clear that such misplaced priorities won?...
...nation-building missions, the Bush administration cannot afford to shortchange American servicepeople. And lawmakers shouldn’t give Bush the chance. House and Senate Republicans should show some uncharacteristic backbone and prevent the Bush administration from wasting this spending increase on Pentagon pet projects and hi-tech fighter programs that are for the most part useless in the fight against terror. Earmarking the money for salaries instead of fattening an already bloated weapons budget would make a bad budget a little bit better...
...days. For the rest of the field, the test now is to define electability to their advantage. They are trying to convince voters that whatever quality distinguishes them best equips them to take the fight to Bush. Iowa set the table and offered each some hope. Dean, the fighter, won among the voters who were looking for someone to take strong stands on the issues. Kerry, the statesman, won the people who cared most about beating Bush. John Edwards, the Everyman, prevailed among people in search of someone "who cares about people like...
Although she bears a striking resemblance to a certain mane-tossing, 1970s crime fighter, newcomer TRICIA HELFER didn't just sashay into character for NBC's Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Charlie's Angels, airing in March. Growing up in Canada, the former model had no TV, so the role required work. There was Fawcett's walk to learn and history to absorb. And then there were the physical enhancements. The hair extensions were easy. But how did Helfer mimic the other iconic parts of Fawcett's physique? "We had a range of prosthetic nipples," says Helfer...
...Trobriand cricket. While in football, the home team wins most of the time, in the Trobriand Island sport the home team always wins. There is still consolation for the visitors though, since the home team throws a feast in their honor. Huge differences remain, however. While football, with its fighter plane flyovers and other militaristic trappings often seems to celebrate war, cricket was introduced to the Trobriands in 1903 to replace war. How primitive...