Word: local
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...have that inside connection, you'll just have to wait. "Unfortunately, consumers are going to have to call their local stores and be there when the toys get there," says Natalie Hornsby. "But the reality is, millions of hamsters have been shipped. And millions more are coming...
Khalik had just finished inking his thumbprint onto a "Reintegration Agreement," which had been provided by McCullough and the local District Governor, Abdul Manaf, in whose fortified, shabby office we sat. The agreement, which Manaf had read aloud on account of Khalik's illiteracy, was printed in English and Pashtu. (See intimate photos of the war in Afghanistan...
...little-t Taliban" as opposed to "big-T Taliban" is a common talking point among even enlisted Marines in Helmand province. In August of this year, General Stanley McChrystal recruited the U.K.'s former Director of Special Forces, Sir Graeme Lamb, to work on what General David Petraeus called "local level reconciliation and reintegration." But documents cited by the BBC this week recommended that attempts to reconcile be made at the "operational" and "strategic" levels - not just with foot soldiers, but with leadership as well...
While Harvard officials say that Securitas, not the University, is directly responsible for the guards’ health care coverage, the security guards have been pleased with Harvard’s willingness to cooperate thus far, said Matthew Gulish, an organizer for the local branch of Service Employees International Union, which represents the security staff...
Besides the Army Corps, mismanagement by the local levee boards contributed to substandard levees. Katrina wasn't even as bad a storm as had been feared, but the levees weren't as good as had been hoped. Some fact-based decision-making could have saved hundreds of lives and billions of dollars. Here, too, years of complacency were the rule, not the exception. The price was paid this decade...