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...insurgents have been finding ways to operate under the radar and out of firing range. On the streets of Ghazaliyah, Sgt. Michaud said, the Mahdi Army continued to "slowly, but surely," force Sunnis from their homes through other forms of intimidation. The more immediate threat, though, may be a spectacular Sunni insurgent attack designed to show residents in Ghazaliyah that their power has not been blunted. "If I'm the enemy, I've lost the initiative," Peterson said. "I've got to do something big and visual...
...from the top down. O.K., O.K., it's a fine sentiment. But it's wrong: this campaign is all about him. In fact, given Obama's slim political résumé and drop-dead charisma, his campaign is more candidate-driven than most. It's all about the spectacular keynote speech he gave to the Democratic National Convention in 2004. It's all about the fact that he's--pace Joe Biden--a young, attractive, eloquent and intelligent Kenyan Kansan. (Baseball cap spotted in Iowa later that day: OBAMA '08--ARTICULATE AND CLEAN...
...York City and started taking night classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology.Starting with only $5,000, Bartlett began making clothes out of his apartment. Buzz built and in 1992 Bartlett showed his first collection. Over the next decade, his fashion shows would become famed as much for their spectacular aspect as for Bartlett’s high-concept clothing. For example, his Fall 1998 show featured a blonde man wearing a green cape, sitting atop a horse. At one fashion show, Bartlett used all black models. Another runway show featured an (impeccably-suited) voodoo priest fondling a live chicken...
...chip-assembly and -packaging plants, one of which opened in 2005, while the second will start production this year. These facilities ship from Chengdu's airport to customers around the globe. Overall, foreign direct investment in Chengdu totaled $1.9 billion from 2001 to 2005. The results have been spectacular. GDP growth in Chengdu averaged 13.3% between 2001 and 2005, outpacing Shanghai's 11.9%. In 2005, per capita GDP reached $2,700, still only a third of Shanghai's but 70% greater than in 2000. Wages have surged more than 90%, to more than $2,400 a year on average during...
...move to outsource government, begun under Ronald Reagan and accelerated during the Clinton years, has been a spectacular boon to northern Virginia. The once green region offered land, few restrictions on business and a transport hub in Dulles International Airport. The presence of the Pentagon, that greatest of cash-spewing economic-development engines, was the clincher...