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...Northern Command. Renuart was a key Air Force commander during the first phase of the Iraq War and most recently was tapped by Rumsfeld to be his senior military assistant. If he is nominated and confirmed to head Northcom, he will be promoted to four-star rank and become the second Air Force general to head the four-year-old command...
...audiences who come to the theater for feeling rather than anesthesia, for honesty rather than comfort, Broadway Bound should firmly establish Simon's standing in the top rank of American playwrights. He does not attempt to do what Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams and Sam Shepard have done: create their own worlds and mesmerize viewers into them. Simon evokes a world very much like the viewers' own and entices them into confronting their own feelings. Broadway Bound is the work of a master craftsman, at once literary and heartfelt, shaped with becoming modesty. It is unmistakably urban and Jewish...
...Here's the rundown, with each star's age, rank last year, and recent movie work...
...practice probably something akin to eyeballing the 2,800-seat facility and declaring it slightly less than halfway full. The figure represented a mood more than anything, the noticeable tension emanating from the approximate hundred dozen that encircled the rink, the excitement palpable in the arena as the fifth-ranked Crimson vied for first place in the conference.It was the biggest crowd at Harvard’s home rink for a women’s game since the Crimson drew 1,611 for a game back in February 2005. But it fell short of head coach Katey Stone?...
...crashed in 1994 and almost took her husband's presidency with it. But the problem of rising costs and diminishing coverage hasn't gone away; it has got worse, to the point where some states now devote more of their budget to Medicaid than to education. Health fears always rank near the top of voter concerns...