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...secular zeal of Turkey's nation-builders runs in my blood. As an air force pilot, my grandfather fought alongside Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, modern Turkey's founder, in the country's war for independence. After it was won in 1923, his job was to help build Turkey's first fleet of biplanes. My grandmother was what's called an "Ataturk girl" - like many others, she was put on a train to Germany, on her own at age 13, and told to study because the nascent republic needed educated women. Needless to say, they did not wear head scarves. Indeed...
...global climate change and noted potential security implications if global warming goes unchecked. “I’m no tree-hugger, but I’m not stupid. I can see the glaciers melting,” Zinni said. “Will we need an Arctic Fleet to compete for resources there? Will new competition for resources elsewhere lead to genocide?” Audience members said they were impressed with the breadth of Zinni’s knowledge. “He has a good grasp of the world,” said Daniel G. West...
...Banknorth Garden, 1 Fleet Center, Boston. Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 11 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m.,, Sunday and Monday at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets from...
...would Israel go it alone, bomb Iran's nuclear infrastructure? I asked an official in the Bush administration. "Fly over our fleet in the Gulf? I doubt...
...fashion, anyway - and began to talk more naturally, like a candidate who knew why he was running, after all. He crisscrossed the state telling its depressed electorate that the auto industry was not dead and could be revived with the help of government investment and eased federal standards for fleet fuel economy. He turned down the social-values music and amped up the optimism. Romney was aided in the gambit by rival John McCain, who was delivering a much grimmer message: the lost jobs were gone forever, and Michiganders needed to think harder about worker retraining. McCain - who had joked...