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...Rasmussen's sense of urgency is understandable. He wants to remake the world's most powerful military alliance, born from the ashes of World War II and shaped by its frontline role in the Cold War, into something that's "relevant in today's world." NATO will continue to be the guarantor of territorial defense for member states, he says, but it must also become "a provider of global peace and stability" by targeting threats - terrorism, piracy - in distant lands. It needs to be more flexible and agile, and should work more closely and more smartly with civilian institutions like...
...book Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, American art detective Robert Edsel tells the little-known story of the men and women who worked to stop that dream from becoming reality. During and after World War II, a total of 365 volunteers in the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives section of the Allied Forces dedicated themselves to recovering Europe's pillaged treasures. Without vehicles of their own, these so-called Monuments Men - mostly middle-aged art historians, curators and museum directors - hitchhiked through Europe following clues they gleaned from, among other things, conversations...
...weekend road trip to Texas provided no opportunity to rest for Harvard’s women’s volleyball team. Taking part in the Mizuno Invitational II at Rice University, Harvard (2-5) faced unyielding competition from South Carolina, Rice, and No. 23 Wichita State. The Crimson fell in each of the three contests, typically by slim margins in set-play.“The way that we played in some of those games was an affirmation that we can play with the best of the best,” sophomore Sandra Lynn Fryhofer said.Fryhofer posted impressive individual numbers...
...figure we breezed past in May. From December 2007 to August 2009, the economy jettisoned nearly 7 million jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's a 5% decrease in the total number of jobs, a drop that hasn't occurred since the end of World War II. The number of long-term unemployed, people who have been out of work for more than 27 weeks, was the highest since the BLS began recording the number in 1948. Jobless figures released Sept. 4 showed a 9.7% unemployment rate, pushing the U.S. - unthinkably - ahead of Europe, with...
Triumph. This word alone might suffice to describe the long-, long-awaited arrival of “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II,” by Chef Raekwon. The album—the sequel to Raekwon’s 1995 game-changer “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…”—was initially announced in 2005, but production and label issues left the work dangling in limbo, its public release put on a hitherto apparently interminable hold.But the day for Wu-heads has finally come, and Raekwon doesn?...