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...Perhaps the most important areas in which we need to reevaluate our approach are homeland security and the War on Terror. Rudy’s strategy consists of more than indiscriminately deploying troops. Instead, he wants to completely revamp the intelligence community. He’s also keen on more diplomatic methods, such as exchange programs between the United States and Muslim countries to encourage an exchange of ideas. Although Rudy discusses the issue of terrorism extensively, he is not the fear-mongering hawk that some make him out to be. Rudy truly believes that restructuring our approach to fighting...
...officials failed to persuade either Portugal or Belgium to back down so that the hour-long signing ceremony and the summit could take place in a single city. It means E.U. leaders will thus consecrate the treaty revamp with cumbersome travel arrangements that seem to reinforce the impression of the E.U. as run by remote, unaccountable mandarins...
...CATCH Officials say they lack money to curb runoff and revamp sewage plants, and crabbers, who themselves could be extinct because of fuel prices and foreign competition, are wary of proposals to create a large sanctuary...
...restaurants revamp their sake lists for increasingly refined palates, it is clear that demand for premium sake goes well beyond Asian food. "Sake has the ability to be molded to what you want--to adapt to the flavor of the dish," says Tanguay. "You can't do that with wine." Haute-cuisine restaurants--from New York's Per Se to Chicago's Charlie Trotter's to Rubicon in San Francisco--are increasingly looking to sake pairings to satiate--and educate--diners. This fall, in the custard-colored dining room of Chanterelle, an icon of French cuisine in Manhattan, the restaurant...
...should Grassley play the role of Martin Luther? Some see Grassley's acts as a religious vendetta, launched by a white-bread Evangelical who doesn't get the group's view of rich pastors as a sign of divine grace. Grassley has hinted that his purpose may be to revamp tax laws to keep up with rapacious preachers. Remarks Charles Haynes, senior scholar with the First Amendment Center: "I'm worried that [the six] might be used to push for stringent transparency regulations that would affect all religious groups. They are extreme, and extreme cases can lead...