Word: jim
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...fighting comes, her parents are likely to be the first married battalion commanders ever to fly into battle together. Lieut. Colonel Laura Richardson, 39, commands the 5th Battalion of the 101st aviation brigade, piloting the Black Hawks that ferry troops into battle; her husband, Lieut. Colonel Jim Richardson, 42, leads the 3rd Battalion, the Apaches that provide the protection and the firepower for those same troops. Individually they are rising Army stars; together they are making history in a military that with each passing year becomes more of a family business: more female, more married, more responsible for the children...
...Richardsons got to have Christmas. That was a gift. Then more weeks passed, more rumors. It was that kind of winter, of rushing and waiting, counting days and counting blessings. "The hardest thing about any deployment to the gulf will be leaving her," said Laura of her daughter. When Jim and Laura broke the news that they were both heading overseas, Lauren admitted that she was scared: "Mom said, 'We gotta go. But don't worry. Everything's going to be O.K. Everything's going...
After reading about Costco CEO Jim Sinegal, I am getting a membership to Costco and will never again darken the doorway of Wal-Mart. It seems that Sinegal understands what many companies knew 50 years ago: if you take good care of good employees, they will serve the company, not only themselves...
Richard Stengel, a former TIME writer and editor who is currently president and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, was named managing editor of TIME magazine on Wednesday. He succeeds Jim Kelly, who was promoted earlier this week to the position of managing editor of Time...
...appeared on Chavez?s Sunday television show to thank him for setting up a fuel subsidy program to supply cheap heating oil to poor families in the northeast U.S. last winter; on Monday Chavez pledged to expand the program to help Europe's poor as well. Other foreigners like Jim McLlroy, a retired government worker from Australia, have recently moved to Caracas to write about Venezuela?s political movement. "Venezuela is an inspiration to people from around the world," said McLlroy, who writes from Caracas for the publication Green Left Weekly. "Venezuela is not on the normal tourist...