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...withering criticism for waiting three days after the destruction from Hurricane Andrew before making a written request for the federal troops that were standing by with food and tents. As for FEMA, Chiles later said ruefully, it "may be well meaning, but they have no clout in the initial phase ... You've got to loudly and strongly and probably with all kinds of paper tell the White House what you need...
Iowa is among the states and national organizations seeking to instill the notion of "driving retirement" as a natural phase of life. Many in the field believe that older drivers must be taught to plan ahead for the time when they may no longer be able to drive. At a certain age, Raleigh of the Maryland Medical Advisory Board says, people should have their driving tested as routinely as they would have a colonoscopy or a mammogram. "Our goal," he says, "is to get people to realize that driving disability is like other diseases. If you pick it up early...
...geopolitical charade known as the six-party talks?the international diplomatic game in which North Korea pretends to consider denuclearizing, while five other countries at the table pretend to believe Pyongyang is serious?seem to have entered a new and surreal phase. By many yardsticks (to pick just one: the amount of plutonium in Kim Jong Il's nuclear arsenal), the North Korean nuclear problem is decidedly more acute today than it was before the negotiating process began two years ago. Thus far, the fourth round of talks has been as fruitless as the previous three. After 13 days...
...election, he told Rice he would promote her to Secretary of State. "She went from default mode to return home to a much more active determination to stay," says the friend. "She said, 'I think there are some interesting things to be done. We're moving into an interesting phase...
...which pools the resources of the Harvard and Smithsonian observatories and operated Oak Hill, decided to shut down operations after a report recommended a three-year phase-out two years ago. In June, though, the closure date was abruptly moved up, terminating several projects that were planned...