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...Everywhere along the route, further signs of government perversion were clearly visible. Dead farming plots have been reclaimed by the desert because no one cared to make a simple repair to an irrigation lever; hundreds of buildings begun and abandoned, leaving all the necessary materials to rot; people living in ruined brick hovels despite the nearby presence of hundreds of bricks. The people of Southern Iraq may not be able to attain Western standards of prosperity, but they have the immediate resources to make dramatic improvements to their current situation if they were inspired...
...traveled by bus to San Diego, Mary Katherine Smart, 10, had a revelation of her own. The sole witness to her sister's kidnapping walked into her parents' bedroom and blurted out, "Dad, I think I know who it might be." The culprit? "Emmanuel," the man who had helped repair their roof. Though investigators composed three sketches based on Mary Katherine's recollections, they did not release any of the drawings. As late as Feb. 12, Mitchell was arrested by the San Diego County sheriff's office for breaking a church window but was released after his name...
...couldn't manage on their own? No problem. Rachel and Tom were able to take their trip, secure in the knowledge that the elder Claflins had volunteers available to check on them daily, a round-the-clock emergency phone line and access to discounted nursing care, drivers and home repair, among other services...
...same way by the same people since the 1950s, when conservatives grabbed power with a "monomaniacal concentration on economic growth" intended to smother public debate on constitutional reform and foreign policy. But the implosion of the world's second-largest economy has now damaged that system beyond repair, and Buruma warns that despair and cynicism could again nudge the country in dangerous directions. Until Japan confronts its past, in other words, we shouldn't expect much from attempts to reinvent its future. But hey, those little cell phones really are something...
...million is just a beginning, meant to cover surface infrastructure, such as bridges, roads and overpasses, ports, hospitals and schools. It does not include likely additional Iraq contracts to be tendered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or others to repair and upgrade the country's oil industry. Anticipating potentially rich rewards, U.S. companies are assembling detailed information, like the precise measurements of bridges spanning Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the event the structures need to be replaced following U.S. bombing, and the number and type of cranes that could be damaged in Iraq's Persian Gulf...