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...Senate resolution reflected not only poll-driven politics but also military reality. There is strong sentiment within the Pentagon to reduce the number of troops soon-no matter the continuing vehemence of the President's rhetoric-in order to avoid forcing exhausted troops into longer tours of duty. The current level of 160,000 troops could be cut in half by next summer. "The future of our military is at risk," Murtha said in his emotional press conference, accurately reflecting the views of the uniformed brass. "Our military and their families are stretched thin. Many say that the Army...
...admirable sentiment, but many in the industry wonder how much Betfair has left on the table in the short term. The firm likes to style itself as the eBay of online gambling because it enables people to place bets against one another. That has proved to be a recipe for growth: revenues almost doubled last year to $187 million, and more than 3 million bets per day now pass through the firm. But its profit margins are far lower than those of rival PartyGaming, for example, and its board recently decided against a public stock offering anytime soon...
...style. Sometimes, though, Iweala’s narrative insights seem too mature for the young Agu.At one point, Agu states “All we are knowing is that, before the war we are children and now we not.” It is a true and heartbreaking philosophical sentiment, but not necessarily the first one to come to a child in the midst of such on-the-ground chaos.There is an average of 300,000 child soldiers fighting around the world at any given time. In African countries such as Uganda, Sierra-Leone, Burundi, and Liberia, as well...
...Summers echoed that sentiment in a speech at the annual meeting of the American Council on Education in February...
...individual? In recent weeks, fashionistas the world over have had to contend with this identity-shattering dilemma.During the semi-controversy surrounding the Women’s & Girls Foundation of Southwest Pennsylvania’s recent “girl-cott” of certain Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirts, the sentiment heard at Harvard was less of moral outrage and more of ridicule—mocking the stupidity of wearing such shirts in the first place.But as students outside the Science Center grab up tees with the latest version of “Yale Sucks” it is clear that...