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...would anticipate that the major combat engagements are over because the major Iraqi units on the ground cease to show coherence." - Talking to reporters a month after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, adding: "I think we will move into a phase where it is smaller, albeit sharp, fights" (Washington Times...
...their cars and remove any valuables. And many travel books and online message boards carry specific warnings for Hawaii about break-ins. One useful piece of advice: If you see broken glass in a parking lot, don't park there. That glass probably means it's a prime hunting ground for thieves...
...having steadfastly refused to do so for the past year, authorities released an estimate that 5,335 students died in the quake - a concession that was widely viewed as being forced by Ai's unrelenting campaign and the work of scores of volunteers on the ground in the earthquake zone. They have been collecting names, ages and other details of the dead students and relaying them to the courtyard offices in a Beijing suburb where Ai and a staff of 15 work. "I think the government number is incomplete at best," Ai said from his Beijing offices. His staff...
...health officials grapple with how to handle the crisis, whether to close borders and ground flights, it's worth remembering that, just as with our economic troubles, a retreat to protectionism will come at a high cost. A coordinated scientific response provides the best way forward, not panicked xenophobia...
...Once in Cambridge, Kwong hit the ground running, but he soon learned that “the way you communicate your political ideas are as important [if not] more important than the actual ideas themselves...