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...French will back troop deployment to combat zones and will tolerate significant death counts as an occupational military hazard," notes political commentator Gilles Delafon. "What they won't tolerate are soldiers being sent to their deaths because officials didn't have a real strategy or plan for how to win the conflict. And that looks to be the case with this new deployment to Afghanistan...
...might call it an avocational hazard. A recent ITN News video in the U.K. shows that some London pedestrians have become so preoccupied with e-mailing and text messaging on their BlackBerrys and cell phones that they can't make it down a city block without crashing into lampposts or trash bins. One of the most hazardous streets for "walking while texting," according to the Monty Python-esque video clip, is East London's busy Brick Lane, lined with trendy boutiques and curry shops, where people have been filmed walking head down, ricocheting off various stationary sidewalk objects. The solution...
...general feeling in Washington seems to be that the Bear deal "threads the needle in the right way," as Democratic Senator Charles Schumer put it. But if Fed-arranged fire sales become a regular event, questions will inevitably arise about moral hazard and playing favorites. "They stepped into a vacuum, and I think quite appropriately," former Fed chairman Paul Volcker said on Charlie Rose. "But is this what you want for the long-standing regulatory support system? My answer...
...constantly feel awkward around the opposite sex is that there are happy endings. While most of the book’s pieces are very strong, some do fall short. Most notably falling into this category is Colbert’s “The Heart is a Choking Hazard.” Colbert, one of the book’s headliners and the winner of the Associated Press’s 2007 “Celebrity of the Year” for his comic genius, writes a surprisingly disappointing chapter. His piece works on one gag only: at the beginning...
...contra John McCain—a candidate with Hillary’s foreign policy credentials and without such widespread (albeit superficial and oft-overstated) “dislikeability.” Painting a Purple Heart winner as “anti-hope,” I would hazard, could present a few new challenges for the Obama spin machine...