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...Evening News; effective March 9, 2005. The longest-serving evening news anchor, Rather made his reputation, in his words, as a "reporter-anchor, not an anchor-reporter." Career highs included covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy, winning the first interview with Saddam Hussein after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and, earlier this year, breaking the story of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. More overtly emotional than his fellow network anchors, Rather was famous for folksy Southern "Danisms" like "This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex." But he constantly enraged conservative critics, who deemed...
...Performance Of The Week A 7-0 victory is usually reason enough to break out the champagne. But despite demolishing Hong Kong's side last week, China's national soccer team found itself out of the 2006 World Cup after Kuwait edged ahead on goals scored in the qualifying rounds, by trouncing Malaysia 6-1. In response, China sacked its coach. It's never too early to start thinking about...
...YOTEL, a five-star inn at two-star ($130 a night) prices. (Think luxury cabin on a yacht.) The designs are done; all Woodroffe needs now is a central London spot to build it. His inspiration: a night in first class on a flight home from Kuwait. "As I lay on the bed with the comforter and the pajamas, and the [flight attendant] tucked me in," he says, "I had a eureka moment." --By Nellie Huang...
...nearly three years, the war on terror has raged in the Middle East. Tens of thousands of troops have been deployed to the countries of Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq. Among them are officers like Harrington, who left Harvard’s halls for a world ravaged by hostility and blood...
...Kuwait, I spent a few minutes every day scrambling into my chemical suit whenever Iraq sent a missile in our direction,” says 1st Lt. Bridget A. Sinnott ’01, part of the 642nd Engineer Company (Combat Support Equipment). “And in Balad, we got mortar attacks every night for a week before we left...