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...tell MICHAEL BROWN he's doing a heckuva job anymore. He's his own boss now. Brown, 51, who was FEMA director when Katrina hit last August, was roundly pilloried for mishandling the relief effort after the hurricane. At first President Bush stood by him, but two weeks after the storm, Brown resigned. For six weeks, he continued to work for FEMA as a consultant. Then he set up his own shop--in disaster preparedness. His firm, Michael D. Brown LLC, draws on the lessons of Katrina to help corporate clients implement contingency plans ahead of natural disasters...
...husband publishing parts of her diary that described bedroom details of her affair with playwright and director George S. Kaufman. (She had breathlessly described Kaufman's "incredible powers of recuperation" - back then, even sex scandals had a touch of literary elegance.) Sam Goldwyn, who had his own studio, stood by Astor and allowed her to return to the film she had been making, the immortal Dodsworth. Her career continued for another quarter century, though she now played women with a darker allure, like Bogart's femme fatale in The Maltese Falcon...
...would be nice if once, just once, the world stood by Israel and supported its actions. This time the main criticism seems to be that Israel's reaction has not been proportional. What is proportional? Should Israel have kidnapped two Hizballah fighters in return? Would that have resolved anything? While there are extremists on all sides, the majority of Israelis, Palestinians and Lebanese want to live in peace with one another. We will be able to lead normal, quiet lives only if we stand up to terrorists. Illana Karman Beersheba, Israel...
...close of the Boulder workshop this year, Kathleen Tierney, head of the Natural Hazards Center, stood up to say, "We as human societies have yet to understand ... that nature doesn't care. And for that reason, we must care." She was quoting herself intentionally. She had said the same thing the year before, seven weeks before Katrina. As she spoke, her voice rose: "Here we stand one year later. Where is the political will to protect lives and property...
...ferocious response to inspire and strengthen extremist groups and rogue nations. Why hasn't the world been more supportive of the Lebanese government in its efforts to strengthen that nation's administrative and military power? Harald Smedal Paradis, Norway It would be nice if once, just once, the world stood by Israel and supported its actions. This time the main criticism seems to be that Israel's reaction has not been proportional. What is proportional? Should Israel have kidnapped two Hizballah fighters in return? Would that have resolved anything? While there are extremists on all sides, the majority of Israelis...