Word: rebuilding
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...possible, of course, that the new CEO will come in and say, ‘I want to rebuild this [internally], it makes a lot of sense here at Harvard,’ and the ratio actually increases,” he says...
...Three Wishes, several shows new and old are opening their wallets-and those of their corporate sponsors-to fix problems with dramatic windfalls and melodramatic tear jerking. The clear inspiration is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, the surprise ABC hit in which carpenter Ty Pennington and a team of contractors rebuild houses for families with disabled kids, parents in Iraq or crushing debt (throwing in new cars and scholarships too) while organizing volunteer help from the neighbors. "People ask us how they can help," says executive producer Tom Forman. "It reminds us what good people we really...
...word reconstruction implies the war is over and you are simply trying to rebuild ... It marginally applies to Afghanistan. But it doesn't apply to Iraq." PAUL WOLFOWITZ, new World Bank president, who as U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary was a leading proponent of the Iraq invasion, on the challenges of rebuilding the country...
...Still, he's more cynical about the mission. "In my first six months, I went from being scared to excited, to 'Hey, this is kind of fun' and feeling sorry for the Iraqis," he says. Then, as attacks on U.S. troops mounted despite American efforts to help the Iraqis rebuild, Chambliss just wanted to get the job done and come home. "Finally," he says, "it was sheer hatred of the Iraqi people. People would say that is racist, but it's not. It was a culture clash. We didn't understand each other...
...been turned. While he fumes over the delays caused partly by the city council's hesitancy to start big projects with him gone, he's really incensed that Bradford finds itself in financial straits while Washington invests billions in Iraq. "What I don't understand is how we can rebuild everything we are rebuilding over there, but here in America our infrastructure is falling apart," he says. "I had to borrow $776,000 for this city for water. They are spending it just like nothing over there. That's reckless, and that's wrong. As soon as we build something...