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...most eerie monuments to Burma's economic mismanagement: Mandalay International Airport. Topped with baroque spires to recall the palatial splendors of Burma's royal past, the airport was completed in 2000 at an estimated cost of $150 million. Today, ox carts ply its grand, four-lane approach road while the building slumbers in near darkness. The departure and arrival boards are empty, possibly nonfunctioning. Passengers check in for a handful of daily flights, then clump down a dormant escalator to a stifling departure lounge, where they fan themselves with their boarding cards...
...Wednesday morning, Zovko and his team set out in two SUVs on Highway 10, a four-lane strip that runs through Fallujah. Shortly before the vehicles arrived in town, according to eyewitness accounts, a small group of men in masks detonated a small explosive device, clearing the streets and prompting shopkeepers to shutter their doors. The attack, locals later said, was hardly a surprise: insurgents reportedly set up ambush points around the city, waiting to assault any foreigners who might venture in. As the Blackwater vehicles made their way down the divided road, according to reports, at least three...
Since then, the goalie situation has been a little more uncertain in Hanover than for any of the other three schools, with sophomores Katherine Lane, and Stephanie Cochran and freshman Christine Capuano splitting time...
...Grumet-Morris attempted to shuffle the puck into the corner rather than freezing for a draw inside the Harvard zone, and when Lush beat Reese to the passing lane, Grumet-Morris stood little chance...
Will these programs work? Will part-time jobs really be part time, as opposed to full-time jobs paid on a partial basis? Will serious professionals who shift into a slow lane be able to pick up velocity when their kids are grown? More important, will corporate culture evolve to a point where employees feel genuinely encouraged to use these options? Anyone who remembers all the talk about flex time in the 1980s will be tempted to dismiss the latest ideas for making the workplace family-friendly. But this time, perhaps, the numbers may be on the side of working...