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...farther away." In many ways, 1952 might be called the Year of the Generals. The entrenched ones, like Stalin and Franco and Mao and Tito, held their familiar sway. Others came to power; in coups d'etat (Egypt's Naguib and Cuba's Batista), or in honest elections (Greece's Papagos and in the U.S., Eisenhower). The generals held the headlines; so much so that, to the hurried reader, the manner of a nation's defense too often seemed more important than who and what was being defended. The rise of the generals reflected...
...downplayed the obstacles he faced.“We had our challenging projects, but generally we completed our work in good shape,” he says.Gordon added that the Logan project helped mold his approach in dealing with residents. “You’ve gotta be honest with them,” Gordon says. “When people are too cute, too flashy, they see through it immediately.” Fred Moavenzadeh, a professor of systems engineering and civil and environmental engineering at M.I.T., characterizes Gordon as a “people person...
...desperately need basic government services. While Fatah members fattened their wallets and drained the funds that were meant to build a country, Hamas filled the vacuum by providing healthcare, education, and social-welfare services. Whereas Fatah was corrupt and hollow, the Palestinian population began to see Hamas as honest, disciplined, and effective. One of the best outcomes of the Hamas election is that it forces Fatah to reform or become irrelevant and uncompetitive...
...some sort of explanation as to why the alleged rape occurred: “Well, she is a stripper,” they say. “I’m never surprised when strippers get raped.” And, if we’re being completely honest here, neither am I. Saddened, appalled, and troubled, yes. But never surprised. This lack of shock comes as a direct result of the way we’re socialized to think of people’s behavior in completely linear fashion—if A, then B. In this logic...
...Democrats don't appear to be filling it. Ask a House or Senate Democratic campaign committee staffer who is the party's national face on security issues and you'll get this: Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island or Congresswoman Jane Harman of California. Reed is a serious, intellectually honest veteran and an expert on defense issues in the Senate, while Harman is an ambitious Harvard Law School graduate who is the ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Both are credible and respected inside the Beltway, in their way. But they are far from household...