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After every spectacular government failure comes an acronym-laden, bullet-pointed report. The bigger the failure, the longer the report. Last week, a congressional committee issued a 520-page study of the government?s response to Hurricane Katrina titled "A Failure of Initiative." Today, the White House issued its own, 228-page report, entitled, a tad more diplomatically, "Lessons Learned." While the White House report avoids castigating individual actors (read: Michael Brown or Michael Chertoff), this debrief is just as sweeping...
...puck to sail free and into the clutches of the Big Red. Breaking away, Cornell’s Vicki Hodgkinson blazed towards the goal and provided the assist to teammate Sarah Johnston, who tied the score at 1-1.After many unsuccessful shots on the goal during power play and several spectacular saves, the constant pressure applied by the Big Red wore down the Harvard defense. Following a saved shot, the Crimson could not clear the puck beyond the Big Red attack. Cornell forward Emma Chipman hooked the puck around goaltender Brittany Martin to give the Big Red a 2-1 lead...
...Line and David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow in Good Night, and Good Luck), but Hoffman dominates his film with an eerie force of personality as surely as Truman Capote commandeered Kansas when he was there researching his seminal book. Hoffman begins by impersonating the writer--nailing his droll, spectacular effeminacy--then infiltrates and inhabits...
...skiing speed events of the Games' first week. Coming out of a tight turn, Miller collided face first with a double gate and veered wildly off course, flying down on his right ski before regaining control. As far as skiing goes, it was a spectacular recovery. As far as outcomes, it was another dud. Miller was spotted after the race skiing out of the area toward the mobile home he lives in on the winter circuit. He has also been seen at nightspots in Sestriere, even bussing the requisite Playboy Playmate, a type that shows up at the Olympics just...
...know Dean Gross, and I think he would look spectacular in blue...We will avenge our triple over-time football loss...with blood!” Salovey wrote in an e-mail...