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...army of occupation in Iraq, and it arrived ill-prepared. Pentagon planners had imagined, more than a little naively, that they'd be able to hand the country over to Iraqi exiles and a population so grateful that most of the troops would be home by Christmas. Instead, the seventh month following President Bush's May 1 declaration of an end to major combat in Iraq has proved to be the bloodiest yet for U.S. forces - 82 American troops, and a further 35 from coalition allies, were killed in an average of 30 guerrilla attacks a day. The remnants...
...they finished their eggs Benedict, McGeever, who worked for the Let’s Go’s Paris guide this past summer, cryptically announced to his new fiancée, “I made reservations at your favorite restaurant… in the Seventh.” It took several guesses before Pollack realized that McGeever had not only booked a table for two at her favorite restaurant in the Seventh Arrondissement in Paris, but also round-trip tickets from New York on a flight departing that evening. The couple enjoyed a relaxing pre-honeymoon weekend in Paris...
They win because of Mariano Rivera. They win because of Mike Mussina, Andy Pettitte, David Wells and David Cone. They win because Mike Stanton and Jeff Nelson shut down the big boppers and because their workhorse pitchers don’t collapse in the seventh or eighth innings...
...Peabody Awards; O'Reilly called Franken an "idiot" and told him to "shut up." But a rising bile lifts all boats. Franken's book is in its 12th week on the Times best-seller list; O'Reilly's Who's Looking Out for You? is in its seventh, and his Fox News show remains the most popular in cable news. In recent weeks Franken has entertained a future run for Senate, and O'Reilly for President. With enemies like that, who needs friends? --By James Poniewozik. Reported by Andrea Sachs/New York
...racers were more or less up and down,” Philbrick said. “Third through seventh was really close and it was a tight battle the whole...