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...morale and are more likely to sign up for another tour than their Stateside buddies. Some officers see value in the missions that Powell disdains. Army General Montgomery Meigs, who led the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia and now commands all U.S. Army troops in Europe, says his forces can switch easily between peacekeeping and combat. Beyond that, they're learning valuable lessons. "You're getting a core of young leaders in the Army who are very tough and experienced," he says. "And that is worth its weight in gold...
...week, any men still alive would have steadily been sliding toward death. As the CO2 level rose, their brains would have slowly turned off, as if on a dimmer switch; consciousness would have ebbed to coma, and reality would have faded to black...
...billing. "It's ludicrous that we're in the 21st century, and you still have people jumping over fences to read meters," says Skilling, pointing out that the technology exists to offer real-time pricing for gas and electricity. In deregulated markets, TNPC will allow consumers to switch power companies as easily as they do phone companies...
...alas, you don't get this glorious form without a few blood sacrifices at the altar of function. Take the on-off switch. There's no button, just a purple-glowing touch-sensitive circle. Very year 2000. And very irritating if you happen to brush your hand over it, as I did on more than one occasion, only to discover I had turned the machine off. This is why touch-sensitive keyboards never went mainstream. We humans prefer the certainty of pressing buttons...
...want to plug or unplug anything, you have to turn the Cube upside down. Not only is this a royal pain in the rump--for its size, the Cube is a weighty beast (14 lbs.)--but it also means the on-off switch can activate again through contact with the desk...