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Almost as important as what actually happens in Iraq is how it is understood. One possibility is that people around the region and the world would come to judge Iraq's failure as largely the result of American policy, the product of an ill-advised war inadequately followed up. If this is the case, Iraq would cast a cloud over the U.S. reputation for competence and reliability, and it would last for years. This scenario would create doubts in the minds of America's friends--and, correspondingly, increase the assertiveness of its foes...
...antiaging market has never been more firmly entrenched. Dr. Patricia Wexler launches her latest product, Intensive Night Reversal and Repair Cream with Bath & Body Works, and Lancôme kicks off its new Pro-Xylane technology in the Absolue Premium line. Even hair is getting a lift these days with Fekkai's innovative Ageless regimen, a three-step process for hair rejuvenation...
...Christmas card and its wicked counterpart—the holiday newsletter—both have a long history. A product of the Victorian period, our current Christmas cards first came into vogue in 1840s England. From the very beginning, they often included a newsletter. The entire Victorian project of keeping up appearances and maintaining a veneer of respectability made it inevitable that this newsletter was a heavily amended summary of the events of the year, of course interspersed with all of the proper holiday pleasantries...
...furiously covers the first portion of his canvas with a deluge of symbols. His studio—to stretch the artist metaphor a bit farther—is now ready. Thoughts pour from his mouth, obscured by his low voice and thick accent, a product of his Russian and Israeli background...
...elite clubs and social organizations, like the Harvard Advocate, suspended operations. Others allowed their resources to be used for war-related efforts. The Signet, for example, was taken over by the Red Cross. Although pre-war discussion caused students to look outside, it was the unintended side product of the war itself that let the outside in. RETURNING TO A NEW HARVARD Student veterans returned to a fundamentally different place. Harvard now saw itself as a leader of, rather than a retreat from, the real world. Government and military research continued to grow at the University. Class sizes were growing...