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...they are of a higher order than other citizens. I realize that very few are pulling the load when it comes to the fighting, but don't dare think for one instant that there is any one group that is more American than another. Didn't we reject that notion by not electing Sarah Palin? Roger B. Wicks Jr., Tuscaloosa...
High-tech concrete is just one of the products that have emerged from the research-and-development labs of cement, steel and chemicals firms this decade, and it signals an increasing commitment by heavy industry to the notion of "sustainability." As public pressure has grown to reduce energy use and carbon emissions--and in general to tread more lightly on the environment--companies in these industries have poured money into R&D efforts. Much of the work has focused on internal processes, especially on the critical task of how to lower emissions during manufacturing. But in their labs, scientists have...
...notion that it would take several hundred thousand American troops just seems outlandish."- Former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz, on Shinsaki's estimate...
...especially since I had set my heart on writing from two women's perspectives, two very different women. So it became very difficult, almost to the point where it kind of crippled the writing process. I was agonizing over whether I was doing it right and obsessed with this notion that women live in a different emotional arena. At some point I just let go and I began to view these two women, not as Afghan women, but rather just people and focused on their humanity rather than their femininity. Suddenly a really transformative thing happened. These women began...
...story of a familiar moment but a very unfamiliar story within that moment,” Zwick said. “That they were reluctant heroes, that they were complex, ordinary, unsophisticated men who discovered something fine, even magnificent in themselves...that to me is a very inspiring notion that people can rise to occasions and discover resources that had never been revealed.” When asked about the most difficult part of directing his new film, Zwick smiled sheepishly: “The interviews?” But the intensely emotional material presented its own set of challenges...