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...important positions within the NSC. Rumsfeld, no friend of Bush's father, spent much of the first half of 2001 fighting (and seemingly losing) a battle with the uniformed military to rethink their priorities. So Rice was central to Bush's team. Granted, she had only had a scant two years' experience in government, but from the time of her childhood in Birmingham, Ala., nobody ever doubted that Rice was a quick study. At the time of the transition, said a senior member of the Clinton team, "she came in and listened attentively to what the experts told...
...scant 27 seconds later, after Fairfield’s Garrett Bamann rang a shot off the post, captain Spencer Stenmark moved the ball up the field and fed Greg Cohen, who once again found an open teammate in front of the net, as senior attack Anders Johnson took the feed and gave Harvard some breathing room...
...going to discuss the betting and handicapping side of March Madness today for two reasons. First, my esteemed colleague Brenda Lee already broached this topic just a scant few days ago. Second and more importantly, I find that I’m terrible at predicting the future, but I’m amazing at taking credit for the past...
...What Roh was actually guilty of may simply be political inexperience and ineptitude. Prior to becoming President he served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries?a position that gave him scant preparation for running the country. Small wonder that he has committed a string of political and diplomatic faux pas that have eroded his popularity during his 13 months as President. Roh has to take a large measure of blame for the partisan hostility that has poisoned South Korean politics in the past year. Most damaging for Roh, a self-declared corruption fighter, were the campaign-finance scandals involving...
...skill: he did well on an officer-qualification test, won praise from fellow pilots for his flying prowess and received an honorable discharge. Opponents see it as a laundry list of how a well-connected Texas scion pulled strings to avoid going to Vietnam, then failed to complete the scant service he signed up for--and now sends tens of thousands of U.S. troops to a war that has lost some of its rationale...