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...intimidation. The U.S. hopes to get help from allies, hoping to recruit two or even three divisions of assorted Europeans and south Asians to help provide security. It's not yet clear how forthcoming these nations would be, but even if they provide upward of 30,000 troops, the load on the U.S. military may not lighten significantly...
...Washington is hoping to lighten the load with an infusion of some 20,000 troops slated to be sent - in small contingents, mostly at U.S. expense - from those NATO countries that supported the war. But the number that actually arrive in Iraq may shrink somewhat if it turns out they're headed into a counterinsurgency mission rather than a more pedestrian peacekeeping affair. This week's British casualties, in what had ostensibly been the most tranquil part of Iraq, won't help Washington's recruitment efforts. Britain's own force levels in Iraq had been reduced from 45,000 during...
...much alcohol she consumes. A woman who regularly has three or four drinks one night a week appears to have an 80% higher risk of breast cancer than a woman who has three or four drinks over the course of a week. "It could be that the higher alcohol load at one time taxes the body's ability to handle alcohol's potentially toxic effects," says Buffalo epidemiologist Jo Freudenheim...
...troubles have helped sink several major airlines. The low-fare airlines shun extravagances, from linen napkins to fancy airport lounges. In contrast to some major airline CEOs, who pocketed hefty compensation packages even as their airlines were losing billions of dollars, executives at low-fare airlines are out helping load bags when necessary and are tying their pay to their firms' performance. The small airlines have also done away with or reduced the traditional charges for changing tickets or checking extra baggage--all part of the pitch that they're grateful to have your business...
...ambitious load that will be tackled, Kirby and other top administrators say, in just a year’s time...