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...Republican. "Some type of success in Iraq is possible, but as policymakers, we should acknowledge that we are facing extraordinarily narrow margins for achieving our goals." Nebraska Republican Charles Hagel noted "some very bright-line contradictions" between what Petraeus and Crocker were saying, on the one hand, and a plethora of more dire reports from assorted U.S. agencies on the other. "Is it worth it," he asked, "the continued investment of American blood and treasure...
...There are a plethora of good singer-songwriters in the west African country of Senegal, many of whom - like Cheihk Lo, Baaba Maal and the peerless N'Dour - have become staples for any self-respecting world music fan in the West. But Kane is different. Less traditional but not quite "Western," he mixes soul and Malian blues with rock tunes on a Moroccan three-stringed guitar known as the guimbri. One London-based music critic described Kane's eclectic sound as "evocative of a kind of pan-Saharan Velvet Underground...
...Golden Resources' barren parquets are less the exception than the rule in China these days. Rampant overdevelopment of retail space and too-optimistic expectations about the spending power of the country's growing middle class have produced a plethora of gui gouwu zhongxin (ghost malls) in the nation's metropolises-megacenters like Golden Resources that are struggling to attract shops and consumers. Although retail sales throughout China have been growing at 12% a year and in 2006 totaled $800 billion, during China's recent construction boom far more retail space has been added than the market can absorb. More than...
...plethora of online resources is not useful to its users without easy ways to access them...
While this year’s team did not enjoy the success of last year’s Ivy League championship squad, the Crimson overcame a depleted roster and a plethora of injuries to end the season on a high note...