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Wish you had easier access to your pinot? Fit the Icon Ratchet Action Corkscrew from Prodyne over the top of a wine bottle and twist. Once the corkscrew's "worm" (spiral) is fully engaged, two quick and easy cranks of the lever pop the cork right out. $20; spring...
...Dubai, the airline and its base at the airport--which is undergoing a $4 billion expansion--are just part of a bigger plan. They fit into the "superlative" strategy of the ruling Maktoum family. The tiny emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf--once a significant trading hub--is now spending billions of dollars to become the world's high-end playground. And getting Emirates' brand known worldwide is part of that plan: last year the airline spent $150 million to buy the naming rights for a new 60,000-seat stadium for the popular London soccer team Arsenal...
...What brings on the fever is that while wagging his finger, he bungles the facts. In some cases, he matches blunder-for-blunder the press corps sins that he's cataloging, mirroring precisely the things he likes least about the press. He cherry picks facts to fit his theories about how the press cherry picks facts to fit their theories. He is relentlessly negative about a press corps he claims is relentlessly negative. Unfortunately, it makes for a misleading revisitation of how the press and the President interacted during his tenure, and it undermines many of his larger criticism...
...traditional way was to keep casualties on the ground until they were stable," says Holcomb. By then, many were dead. Today, the Air Force has about 110 active-duty ccatt teams, many of which have logged tens of thousands of kilometers shuttling between Baghdad and Landstuhl. The aircraft are fitted with the same kind of sophisticated medical equipment that would be found in any high-tech ICU, and a doctor, nurse and technician are aboard each flight. Holcomb says the greatest medical achievement in the Iraq war has been how fast injured soldiers are moved to safety. "The rapid evacuation...
...passage of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington as he began learning how to manage with one leg. Last month, he insisted on flying back to Germany to welcome home his soldiers from their year in Iraq. Last Thursday, he was back at Walter Reed, being fitted with his first prosthesis. But Jurgersen - already an aging soldier - is focused on a single goal: returning to his command. If doctors declare him fit for duty within a year, he could head back to Iraq. A precedent has already been set by Captain David Rozelle, a 33-year-old amputee...