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...going to be pro-American and contribute to Iraq," says Dupont, "then the way Howard did it" - sending small but highly effective forces and bringing most of them home quickly and without casualties - "is a textbook example of how to make a minimal commitment militarily and reap maximum political and alliance dividends." At the Republican National Convention last month, President George W. Bush thanked the Australian P.M. before any other leader. "America is grateful," he said. "And America will not forget." The U.S. has already remembered its Aussie ally with a free-trade agreement that could boost the $A800 billion...
...them from the entry draft, forgoing their final years of eligibility in order to benefit from the current terms of the collective bargaining agreement. Though the NHL Players Association and league representatives have barely even begun to discuss the provisions of a future settlement, the average player salary and maximum signing bonus are expected to hold steady, if not fall, so many amateurs cashed in on the best possible outcome in a deteriorating labor market, according to Harvard coach Ted Donato...
Here are a few statistics from Suketu Mehta's stunning new book, Maximum City. In some parts of Bombay, you can find 1 million people in a single square mile. Two million of the city's residents lack access to latrines, and the air has 10 times the maximum permissible levels of lead (to breathe it in, as 5 million or more living on the streets do every second, is equivalent to smoking 2 1/2 packs of cigarettes a day). An unusually large number of criminals are either shot in "encounters" or tortured to death in detention in Bombay; four...
Meanwhile, the 2002 McCain-Feingold law dramatically changed the way money flowed into the system and whom it flowed to. With candidates restricted to maximum donations of $2,000 from individuals and with parties no longer allowed to accept unlimited tubs of soft money, the supposedly independent 527 committees like the left-wing MoveOn Voter Fund and the Kerry-bashing Swift Boat Veterans for Truth entered the message-management game playing by their own set of rules. Together, these 527 groups have raised more than $240 million. Their ads have been edgier, uglier and arguably more effective than anything...
...rejoice in the near doubling of cardiovascular facilities and the improvement of the weight rooms, this renovation is not the end of the MAC’s woes. Allocation of space in the MAC, while better, continues to be inefficient and falls far below the building’s maximum potential. Furthermore, concerns about where to relocate the remaining three varsity sports teams who call the MAC home have prevented other much-needed space from being freed up. At some point, a more extensive renovation may be necessary. In the meantime, however, upgrading the MAC’s facilities seems...