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...quickly stumbled in his stubborn effort to remake the Pentagon. He, and the Bush Administration, failed to make the tough choices necessary to build a 21st century fighting force. Instead, they stuffed billions of dollars into a 20th century weapons system that sprang from the drawing board when Russia was still the Soviet Union. As F-22 attack planes and Virginia-class submarines consumed the Pentagon's purse, there weren't enough soldiers to prevail in Iraq - and those dispatched lacked the necessary armor to do their jobs...
...Wilner: I found that Briton Hadden was really the creative genius behind TIME. He came up with the idea in the early stages of his childhood, so the newsmagazine was really something that sprang from his soul. Then he selected Luce to be his partner, and encouraged him to become a journalist after Luce had been fired from his first journalism job. Hadden raised most of the money because he was really the big man at Yale and had the connections, and also was quite a salesman. He hired all of the writers, who were total unknowns, some of them...
When Carroll Day Kimble spotted the bubble-gum cigarettes nestled among the wax lips, strips of candy buttons and Sky Bars in the Groovy Candies assortment, tears sprang to her eyes. "I remembered being 10 years old and how a puff of powdered sugar came out when you blew on them," recalls the voice-over casting director, 45, in Los Angeles. "I loved my childhood. It was about family and friends, not about the horror of life and all the terrible things out there...
...Bush Empire Theatre in London and said, "We?re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." In the vivacious new documentary Shut Up & Sing: Dixie Chicks, Maines is seen watching TV later in 2003 as George Bush opines on the Dixie Chicks boycott that sprang up in opposition to her comment. When he tells Tom Brokaw, "They shouldn?t have their feelings hurt just because some people don?t buy their records when they speak out," Maines explodes. "?They shouldn?t have their feelings hurt?? What a dumb...
...Eyebeam, a not-for-profit dedicated to patent-free open-source technology, Roth and Powderly set their invention loose on the Internet, where it quickly developed a passionate following. Others were soon adding improvements the duo had never thought of, such as timers and on-off switches. A website sprang up selling throwie kits--much to Roth's delight. "We want to get people excited about using public spaces," he says. "And get them excited about art." --By Ta-Nehisi Coates and Carolina A. Miranda...