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...could not be more different. The U.S. has 19,000 troops in the country, devoted to a particular brand of counterterrorism: search-and-destroy sweeps, intelligence gathering, infiltration, targeted assassination. The Americans have never been keen on "nation building." They have run prts, but only as a second string to the imperative of counterterrorism. The Europeans, on the other hand, are only there for nation building, albeit in a muscular way. They see this as their particular contribution to the long-term eradication of jihadist terrorism. In any case, they carry out their counterterrorism differently from the U.S., led more...
...Surely God is mad at America." RAY NAGIN, mayor of New Orleans, suggesting that last year's string of devastating hurricanes in the U.S. was an expression of divine anger over the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Nagin later apologized...
...Nature.” “I want to be the person that makes science cool,” says Martinez, who is working on a doctorate in engineering and applied sciences. “Like a basketball star or a rapper or something—but a string theorist.”The “Chasing Nature” episode featuring Martinez—which airs on January 31—certainly has its “cool” moments.The show, an advance copy of which was obtained by The Crimson, is a bit like...
...what exactly did those millions of readers buy? A Million Little Pieces is the gritty, graphic, bombastic story of an Angry Young Man who--despite his well-concealed heart of gold--manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests and a lot of self-destructive behavior, he winds up in a Minnesota rehab clinic, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster (also with a heart of gold) and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict (ditto). Redemption ensues...
...what exactly did all those readers buy? A Million Little Pieces is the graphic, bombastic story of a troubled, angry young man who-despite his well-concealed heart of gold-manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests he winds up in a Minnesota rehab center, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict. Redemption ensues...