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...Some great mind once said that there are two kinds of original thinkers. There are those who, upon viewing disorder, try to create order. And the second group does just the reverse. It is made up of those who, on encountering order, try to create disorder. That's us. Delta operators thrive on chaos like no other group of humans alive. It's intoxicating. It's intense. And it is extraordinarily addictive...
...Lowdown: Although the author chastises American media for printing lies in order to satisfy the public need for a story, he acknowledges that the "world is interested" in learning of the events of bin Laden's non-capture - an about-face seeming to serve mostly Fury's need to pat himself and the other Delta fighters on the back for more than 300 pages. His detailed account borders on idolatry not only for himself, but also for his fellow comrades - "the boys" as he repeatedly refers to them...
...reissued with revisions. Publisher W.W. Norton & Co. is lengthening the title of 1999 book The Return of Depression Economics with an appendage: ... and the Crisis of 2008. Krugman has agreed to write three new chapters, revise two and eliminate two. He started writing two weeks ago in order to make the release date...
...Hamas, says the Palestinian commander, "We're here to bring law and order to Hebron, and that means confiscating weapons from everybody, even the political groups." The U.S.-supported Palestinian force may be armed and well-disciplined, but in Hebron that may not be enough. With Jewish settlers and Hamas gunning for them, the Palestinian officers will need to display caution and diplomacy...
...choice of Palin with “modified rapture,” praising the Alaska governor as a woman who has set up a new model for feminism.“She has shown that feminism as we have defined it isn’t necessary in order to change the state of women,” Mansfield said. “It is possible for women to be successful and powerful without bringing with it the bondage of sexual liberation.”John P. Huchra, a professor in the astronomy department, said that while he donated to McCain...