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Elliott praises American military equipment and technology. But U.S. superiority goes far deeper. The superb training and motivation of our professional officer and noncommissioned officer corps are pivotal factors that have long distinguished America's military. The technical and tactical competence of our personnel, combined with their leadership skills, is what gets the job done. And don't forget another key element: the ingenuity of the American G.I. TERRY L. MAY Edmond, Okla...
...turf. As he fends them off, Eastman engineers a campaign of phony Internet postings, staged videos and even a U.S. Senate appearance. This is author Eric Dezenhall's debut novel, and the former Reagan White House staffer and co-founder of a crisis-management firm knows his stuff. His superb eye and ear at times call to mind such masters of the journalistic novel as Tom Wolfe. This is one for the carry-on bag. --By Andrea Sachs...
...eccentricities of Milo Addica and Will Rokos' plot make the film seem like a bizarre sitcom pilot (racist guy with a black lady friend saddles his racist dad with a black roommate). But the cast is uniformly superb, and Marc Forster's attentive direction gives proper weight to each perplexing emotion. Strip away the strident melodrama, and you have this season's moodiest, most adult love story...
...film’s youthful leads, director Jake Kasdan—himself an up-and-coming talent with the popular film Zero Effect to his credit—cast the talented duo of Hanks (Get Over It) and Fisk (Snow Day), a pair of rising stars with superb Hollywood pedigrees. After all, Colin is the son of Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, and Schuyler is the daughter of Academy Award-winner Sissy Spacek. Fisk has no trouble stepping into the role of Ashley, Shaun’s sweet-faced and sympathetic girlfriend, and Hanks successfully anchors the diverse cast with...
...conduct research on a long-term basis. Some of the greatest breakthroughs in science have come from serendipitous discoveries in initially unrelated lines of research. Research that at first appears to have little short-term benefit can yield incredible gains over time. Additionally, the Smithsonian Observatory’s superb record over the last century supports the argument that the observatory’s independence is part of the reason for its continued success...