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...September that he was beginning a drawdown was "a study in calculated public deception," Rep. David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who heads the House Appropriations Committee, said last week. The pullout of 30,000 troops by next summer will still leave about 140,000 troops in Iraq, the same size force that was there before the 30,000-strong "surge" began earlier this year. "He made clear in that speech that as far as he's concerned," Obey said, "we're going to be there for the next decade...
...potential candidacy through the spring and summer. Surprising many skeptics, he has issued substantive policy proposals on reforming Social Security, dealing with immigration and enlarging the U.S. military. The proposals themselves have been uneven; as my colleague Mark Thompson has written, Senator Thompson's plans to expand the size of the Army to 775,000 troops and to mandate that the Pentagon's budget be set at 4.6% of GDP are both problematic. But his proposal to create add-on savings accounts to Social Security and to reduce the program's cost by changing how initial benefits are calculated could...
WORCESTER, MA—As it goes with size and speed in basketball, it is said you can’t have it all.The problem for coaches and players alike is to figure out which one to go with. Last night, on its home court, Holy Cross went with size and Harvard countered with speed. The result was an 80-69 victory for the Crusaders at the Hart Center.Pounding the ball down low with 6’11” center Tim Clifford and 6’9” forward Alex Vander Baan, Holy Cross (4-0) was able...
...other frontcourt starter, 6’7 sophomore Pat Magnarelli, also had trouble matching up with the big men, as did two 6’7 reserves Harvard threw at its opponents—sophomore Doug Miller, and freshman Adam Demuyakor. While Vander Baan took advantage of his size in the first half, it was Clifford the Crusaders went to late. 16 of his points came in the second half, mostly on lay-ups. His lay-up with 5:38 left broke a 62-62 tie, and Holy Cross would never give up the lead again. Several of Clifford?...
...proposals target not only the biggest, but also the smallest: the amount of land a farmer has to own to be eligible for aid would rise. At the moment that stands at 0.3 hectares, less than the size of a football field, and the Commission says the administrative cost of dealing with such postage-stamp holdings is often more than the subsidy itself...