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...Centcom said U.S. ground forces exchanged gunfire with Taliban forces around Kandahar. Deploying a bigger U.S. combat force now would pose political risks, not least the possible opposition of members of the newly picked interim government who don't like the idea of foreign troops staying on Afghan soil. They may have to get used to it. On Friday Franks said, "The possibility of increasing forces on the ground is certainly on the table... The mission has not started to ebb down...
...this year how much people need to understand ways of life that differ from their own. A well-told story is as good a vehicle for this as any. Gugu's house is in Zimbabwe. Her life revolves around painting, rain and stories. The distinctive colors of the local soil, landscape and decorations are vividly rendered and, along with the giant zebra in the courtyard, are not like anything American children are likely to encounter in their neighborhoods...
...Revving up the manhunt should get a bit easier. Opposition forces closed in on the Taliban's last stronghold at Kandahar last week. U.S. Marines were deployed on Afghan soil to seal off avenues of retreat. The fall of Kandahar?whether by surrender or defeat?will peel away the terrorists' last major base of support. But it still won't be enough to put an X through all the names on Tommy Franks' lists...
...Centcom said U.S. ground forces exchanged gunfire with Taliban forces around Kandahar. Deploying a bigger U.S. combat force now would pose political risks, not least the possible opposition of members of the newly picked interim government who don't like the idea of foreign troops staying on Afghan soil. They may have to get used to it. On Friday Franks said, "The possibility of increasing forces on the ground is certainly on the table...The mission has not started to ebb down...
...Homespun, Ulrich studies what 11 objects from colonial everyday life have to say not only about their owners but also about the development of an American icon—the home-based rural economy in which virtuous women spun clothes and household linens while virtuous men tilled the soil. Each object—from an Indian basket dating from 1676 to an unfinished stocking of 1837—was specially chosen for its particular ability to flesh out the romanticized notion of “the age of homespun” that Horace Bushnell coined during the centennial celebration...