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Many of Pantano's fellow officers believe that the case reflects the gap between the way military leaders prefer to portray the war in Iraq to the public and the way it is actually being fought. "The single biggest problem with the Iraq operation is that the military is at war but the nation is not," says an officer. A former Marine colonel who served for 27 years says the Marine Corps "always values its reputation and image. They want to act and be known as the good guys. They are very mindful of how they are perceived both domestically...
...fifth and final frame, the Crimson started strong and clung to a small lead until Vassar closed the gap, tying the game at 13 on two sequential wide kills by Harvard...
Back in the States, the achievement gap in the sciences is closing, albeit slowly. Female professors have been catching up with male professors in their publishing output. Today half of chemistry and almost 60% of biology bachelor of science degrees go to females. Patience is required...
...typically long-term rates follow. But the current pattern runs counter to that. "It's surprising," says analyst Greg McBride of bankrate.com The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is now 5.81%, according to HSH Associates, while the average one-year ARM is 4.32%. And the gap is narrowing. Even Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan termed it a "conundrum" in a recent report...
...teachers of Sandgerdi's 254 students were only mildly surprised by the results. They say the gender gap is a story not of talent but motivation. Boys think of school as purgatory on the way to a future of finding riches at sea; for girls, it's their ticket out of town. Margret Ingporsdottir and Hanna Maria Heidarsdottir, both 15, students at Sandgerdi's gleaming school--which has a science laboratory, a computer room and a well-stocked library--have no doubt that they are headed for university. "I think I will be a pharmacist," says Heidarsdottir. The teens...