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...Bush's backing in the Secretary's uphill efforts to remake the Army, Navy and Air Force into lighter, faster, stealthier versions of themselves. The White House has been reluctant to curb his consolidation of power at the Pentagon, particularly his plan to tighten the military's grip on intelligence gathering. After his star turn as prime-time war boss last fall, Rumsfeld spent much of this year defending the Administration's meager efforts to rebuild Afghanistan--and then selling America on the threat posed by Iraq. Careful that Bush not be seen as an extremist, Pentagon aides insist Rumsfeld...
...dizzying year in health. just when we figured we had a grip on what was good for us and what wasn't, a new book or research study came along to tell us we were wrong. Here's a rundown of what we thought we knew, and what we know now. We think. --By Janice M. Horowitz...
...depths with your own kind of sonar. It also means being around so much that when the time comes, you are up close in Capa's sense--in the room, on the scene, there--when the President of the United States of America finally shakes off the psychological grip of his handlers and his security wedge and his tireless self-awareness and makes some gesture or expression that is not in the fat playbook of official gestures and expressions. At which point the scrupulously prepared, emotionally intrepid photographer--we're talking here about Walker--gets the pleasure of hearing...
...relocation, travel and other complicated services. Today these tools are also being adapted to the health-care market by a handful of firms led by IE-Engine. Its software and services, which cost $200,000 to $700,000, achieve savings by increasing speed and efficiency and by loosening the grip on prices held by the chummy network of providers, brokers and consultants on which most corporate insurance buyers have had to rely...
...have a much more firm grip on what we don’t want to lose or let go of, so that actually makes it easier to move ahead building things that are different,” Lamberth said...