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...weapons they use to defend the nation. Up until now, he has done that mostly by jawboning: The U.S. can't "eliminate national-security risks through higher defense budgets, to do everything and buy everything," Gates says in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. That futile quest has led to weapons that "have grown ever more baroque, have become ever more costly, are taking longer to build and are being fielded in ever dwindling quantities...
...thrilled to read about Douglas Melton in the article "The Quest Resumes" [Feb. 9]. The work he and his colleagues are doing will result in numerous lives being saved and an end to the untold suffering of many who deal with chronic illnesses. Ali Curry, HOLBROOK...
Markopolos, a private-securities fraud investigator, is the man the SEC ignored for nine years. The whistle-blower presented damning evidence against the SEC's handling of the Madoff case in a House Financial Services Committee hearing last week, where he detailed his unsuccessful quest to have the SEC stop Madoff's global Ponzi. Nevertheless, he said, he would deliver fresh evidence on two new cases...
Shrill? Maybe - though it's nothing compared to the lashing Royal gives Sarkozy, whom she variously describes as vulgar, avaricious and (gasp) boringly predictable. "His energy is impressive, but he really is a show-off," Royal says, claiming Sarkozy's quest for money and power leaves him looking ridiculous once he's attained it. "With his little sheriff's star and his plastic gun, his cowboy outfit, it's as if he had climbed up on the biggest horse in the merry-go-round and plucked down the prize...
...were able to rest a little bit while other teams were banging each other up. BEANPOT MEANS A LOT Harvard’s win moves the team into the final round of the tournament, in which the Crimson will take on Boston College in its quest for a 13th Beanpot title. “It means a lot to us,” Stone said. “It’s certainly the pride of Boston to win the Beanpot, but it’s also a great experience for your athletes to compete for a championship before...