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...combat in Iraq. It does not make Rumsfeld's answer - "You go to war with the Army you have" - less callous or arrogant. And it certainly does not make the deaths and horrific injuries suffered by our troops less real or less painful to bear because they lack such protection. Dorian de Wind Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Austin, Texas Improvising in the military, like using scrap material to add protection to vehicles, has always been necessary during battle. Toward the end of October 2003, soldiers had already addressed the issue of needing armor for their vehicles, especially humvees. While waiting...
...psychological explanation suggests that we procrastinate as a means to protect our self-esteem. Procrastination acts as a self-handicapping device whereby we create obstacles to successful and timely completion of work. Certainly, if you do poorly on a paper it is comforting to have an excuse for your failure, namely that you didn’t spend much time on that assignment. Were you to do poorly on a paper you wrote without the delay of procrastination, you might deem yourself mediocre. An alternative explanation is that students procrastinate simply because they can: as academic superstars, they don?...
...party or coalition wins 20 percent of the nationwide vote, it will be allocated 55 of the 275 seats in the Assembly - automatically filled by the first 55 names on the list submitted by that party or coalition to the Iraqi Electoral Commission in December. But in order to protect the candidates from assassination, each party or coalition's list remains secret less than three weeks away from election day. Right now, Iraqi voters will be asked to choose a party list without knowing the names of any but the top candidate - giving a whole new meaning to the term...
...surprise that as the postelection euphoria subsides, even some close to the President-elect are worried about the challenges facing him. Does Viktor Yushchenko have what it takes? How pro-Western - and pro-democratic - is he? As a competent central banker in the '90s, he helped protect Ukraine from the impact of the Russian financial meltdown in 1998 and established the Ukrainian hryvnia as a stable currency. He then transformed himself into a low-key Premier, appointed in December 1999 in a deal to dissuade him from running for the presidency against Kuchma. He stood by Kuchma during allegations against...
...different game,” junior defenseman Peter Hafner said. “You’ve definitely got to protect the middle of the ice. You can’t get spread out with the bigger ice surface because you give up more scoring opportunities like that...