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...PEOPLE: Jay Leno's literary career; Courtney Love's latest meltdown; the Janet Jackson effect...
Camp Blessing, named for Jay Blessing, a U.S. Ranger sergeant killed in November, is a test of the "ink-spot theory of counterinsurgency," says Lieut. Colonel Custer (no first names allowed), the special-forces commander for eastern and southeastern Afghanistan. The idea is that as the U.S. brings stability to places like Nangalam, cooperation from locals will rapidly spread like ink through blotting paper. Since arriving three months ago, the men of ODA 936 have launched numerous reconstruction projects, ranging from new footbridges to schools and clinics. Villages that are neutral or friendly benefit from aid. Those that haven...
...longer have to take a company's word that its audit policies are legit. The accountants have the power to challenge corporate ledgers with impunity--and they're raking in money doing so. "Auditors and audit committees are now in the catbird seat," says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Companies no longer feel free to dump their auditors, for fear of sparking a public spat; no one wants to spook jittery investors, provoke shareholder lawsuits or another regulatory crackdown. "There's more respect for the auditor," says Julie Lindy, editor of Bowman's Accounting Report. "Companies no longer think...
...Jay Gatsby? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s character, out of one of Farkes’ favorite books, is his final possible role model...
...just knew,” Bernakevitch said, “that I could outmuscle [Jay] Latulippe on the draw...