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...with the free t-shirt and sweatband, Louie was “more than happy to pose.” Corker also notes that Louie “appeals to a younger demographic,” being particularly popular among first-years. Corker declines to speculate on the root of this youth appeal...
...infrastructure. But that money must go to international—not Anglo-American—peacekeepers and contractors to help mend America’s ties to key international allies. Iraq is going to need a lot of outside attention for several years before democracy takes root, and the U.N. must be the primary governing force for the long haul
Installing a legitimate new army or police force is a delicate task. U.S. special forces in Najaf recruited local men to serve as an indigenous fighting force--a couple of dozen men who were dubbed the Coalition for Iraqi National Unity--to help root out any lingering resistance. They rode into town smiling for the cameras and waving their new AK-47s. Asked whether these men might have been fighting recently for Saddam, a special-forces soldier replied, "Some of them probably were, but they have had a conversion." Outside the group's headquarters in a local factory were parked...
...slab bar in the nouveau-Japanese restaurant, where manager Miwa Taguchi recommends selections from the 70 sake choices to flatter each dish a diner orders. Connoisseurs start with a daiginjo like Higan from Niigata prefecture, which boasts a pretty transparency and refreshing taste that goes well with salty burdock-root chips. The distinctive ginjo-grade Suiro is a good balance for tempura-fried pork. Premium sakes like these are usually served chilled, so drinkers can better savor their nuances...
...exposed last year. To restart it, the onus is on the I.R.A. to prove its war is over. But an important sticking point for republicans before declaring peace has been the bedrock conviction that the police would never be fair to them. Stevens has exposed why that conviction took root, but he hopes his report will begin to weed it out. Already the R.U.C. has been renamed the Police Service of Northern Ireland, put under new management and reformed. Stevens thinks his findings will reassure Catholics that a new era has dawned. "This is all about acknowledging what went wrong...