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...Pentagon may have no trouble convincing the American people or the Afghan leadership of the legitimacy of its continuing mission in Afghanistan. But there are plainly large numbers of Afghans who did not support the Taliban but regard the Americans with suspicion or hostility. Add to that the scores of local warlords and politicians who've lost out to rivals supported by the U.S.-backed government in Kabul, and the thousands of Taliban and al-Qaeda militants who continue to roam the countryside, and Afghanistan remains an exceedingly - and perhaps increasingly - dangerous place for the U.S. military...
...more. For the traumatized, the charts are like a Rorschach test. Some view the money as a halfhearted apology for the breakdown in security and intelligence that made the attacks possible. Others can't help seeing the award as a callous measure of their loved one's value. Many regard it as a substitute for the millions they think they may have got in court, had the liability not been capped. When the total comes out to be underwhelming, these families take it personally. There's a fundamental clash between the way they interpret the purpose of the fund...
...official currency, the deutsche mark - the move was greeted in the capital Podgorica with near universal acclaim. With its sultry Adriatic breezes, cyprus-lined boulevards and busy sidewalk caf?s, the city already feels more a part of southern Europe than the benighted region known as the Balkans. And Montenegrins regard the euro as an important step toward further integration with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe. That goal, in fact, is the one thing everyone can agree on. Where Montenegrins differ, heatedly, is how to get there...
...social issues, friends and colleagues say Summers is solidly progressive. Summers inherited from his parents—two liberal economists—a faith in the beneficial power of government, especially with regard to helping the poor...
...proof that the accusation that Lang was a Nazi sympathizer is a false one. He says, “Lang left Germany at a considerable personal cost and went into exile, settling in Hollywood to become a founding member of the Anti-Nazi film League. In that regard he is unlike many other German filmmakers (including his wife Thea von Harbou) who stayed in the Reich and whose careers flourished under the Nazis.” Lang was dictatorial in his directorial style, and often subjected his actors and extras to intense conditions. This coupled with his thick German accent...