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...down are the veterans from the campaign days. A lot of them started that effort more than three years ago. When that was supposed to be over, they had to face the 36 day Florida sprint. All the post-election vacations they'd been dreaming about were cancelled. The Tampa nightmare was followed by the hurry-up transition and a high-pressure first 100 days. Now, they're in a war the president tells them will last for years. There is a question about when any of them can get time off, says one Austin veteran about the his colleagues...
...Prime Minister John Howard said the United Nations should get tough with countries such as Malaysia that allow refugees to use them as a stepping-stone. That comment was sparked by an incident in August in which Australia refused entry to 460 refugees, mainly Afghans, aboard the cargo ship Tampa. Like the hundreds who drowned off Java, many of the refugees aboard the Tampa had passed through Malaysia on their way to Indonesia to board the ship. There has been talk in recent weeks in Kuala Lumpur of a variety of measures that might be taken to plug the holes...
Privacy advocates have criticized the use of face-recognition systems on unsuspecting crowds at the 2000 Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla. The likelihood of a mismatch is high when people are moving or lighting is dim. But that's not a deterrent for most businesses. One million account holders have already opted to use face recognition for check cashing at Wells Fargo ATMs. Illinois uses the technology to check for fraudulent multiple licenses among 8 million driver's-license holders, as does West Virginia. And IBM has installed a portal system, with a metal detector in the door, to prevent...
...encountered far heavier resistance than had been expected. "There was blanket and mainly adulatory media coverage on both sides of the Atlantic with the prognosis that the ground war had begun," the Independent writes. "But, instead, what happened last weekend made US and British planners at central command in Tampa, Florida, reappraise the military campaign, and continue with air strikes rather than carry out any more missions on the ground...
...zeal to share memories and history drives many grandparents' choice of destinations. For Joyce Hall, a Familyhostel tour of France meant a stop at the Normandy beaches, where she shared childhood memories of World War II with granddaughter Saya, 11, of Tampa, Fla. "All my uncles went off to war," she recalls. "My brother and I played commandos, and we had Victory gardens and war bonds at Christmas. Our next-door neighbor's son was killed on D-day. Saya and I talked about the fact that our freedom was bought at a high price. I think...