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...military, didn't win the war in Iraq. But America's secret army, deployed in greater numbers than ever before and working for the first time with the support of the entire chain of command, did as much as the pilots, tankers and artillery to shorten the war. And now, as the U.S. finds itself in a deepening struggle to root out stubborn pockets of resistance and track down Saddam, the Pentagon's most specialized units are again playing outsize roles. Last week Army special forces, along with troops from the 101st Airborne and 4th Infantry divisions, launched a series...
French unemployment was high throughout much of the 1990s, which led policymakers to search for unconventional solutions, he said—adding that legislation to shorten the work week was not unprecedented, as the U.S. enacted similar measures during the Great Depression...
...afternoon when rain threatened to shorten the Crimson’s home opener, the Rhode Island Rams played every inning like it was their last. Rhode Island had only six baserunners yesterday—just one more than Harvard—but pushed three of them across for runs...
...Rombauer stressed that the decision to shorten the lease from its original 2011 termination did not stem from a desire to force out the popular establishment...
...would have to be taken as soon as you suspect you might be coming down with something. That's a tall order but not impossible. In the mid-1990s the German drug company Boehringer-Ingelheim developed an antiviral molecule, dubbed BIRR 4, that proved in clinical trials to significantly shorten most colds triggered by rhinoviruses and lessen their severity. The product worked by mimicking those molecular footholds used by rhinoviruses to gain entry into human cells. Spraying the nasal passages every few hours on the first day of a cold essentially fooled the virus into leaving the cells alone...