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...Americans faced a similar moment of chaos after the Revolution. One Connecticut preacher noted that Moses took 40 years to quell the Israelites' grumbling: Now "we are acting the same stupid part." And so just as a reluctant Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, then handed down the Ten Commandments, a reluctant George Washington led the colonists to victory, then presided over the drafting of the Constitution. The parallel was not lost. Two-thirds of the eulogies at Washington's death compared the "leader and father of the American nation" to the "first conductor of the Jewish nation...
...Still, there are some who believe the jump in bullion is an early warning sign that the U.S. government's efforts to quell the recession will backfire. The fear is that the trillions of dollars the government is spending to safeguard the financial sector and boost the economy could result in massive deficits and mounting inflation. "People who are buying gold are buying into the argument that the Federal Reserve will not be able to take back all the liquidity it has poured into the market and protect against inflation," says James DiGeorgia, editor of the newsletter Gold and Energy...
...debut with solid play in net. Although Holy Cross midfielder Alanna Sikorski converted a penalty corner at the end of the first half to pull the Crusaders within 3-1, Tassopoulus maintained her composure, notching a save and deftly diffusing a number of opportunities to quell any hopes of a comeback. The squads found themselves locked in a scoreless battle for much of the second half, but the Crimson’s consistent edge on offense eventually led to a breakthrough. With less than seven minutes remaining, Keating secured the ball among a crowd in the circle and fired...
...ever adaptable Laghmani volunteered his unique set of skills to the new rulers of Kabul. His credentials as a new breed of Afghan democrat may have been questionable, as were a few of his interrogation techniques, but Laghmani's death is a severe blow to U.S.-led efforts to quell the rising Taliban and dismember al-Qaeda. (See pictures of fighting in Afghanistan's Kunar province...
...struggle to achieve such stability will persist long after the election itself. Afghanistan's current President, Hamid Karzai, was once a darling of Washington but has proved feckless. His misrule has contributed greatly to the Taliban revival that the U.S. and its allies are now trying to quell. There's not much reason to hope that a re-elected Karzai will get significantly better. The White House's best bet will be to strengthen the instruments of governance so that they carry clout even in timorous hands. The good news is that Afghanistan's leaders, who desperately need American arms...