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...battalions from armies around the world to step into emerging hot spots. These "surge" troops would be trained to work together and deploy quickly. Tactical units from Sweden, say, would be trained to work side by side with Pakistani logistics officers. Lego blocks for international order--but Legos with teeth. While the U.N. would hold to the rules that permit peacekeepers to fire only in self-defense, the definition of self-defense would be stretched. If troops on the ground saw a left hook coming in, they would be free to do much more than duck...
...their destinations on time - it can be financially ruinous. Even with new video-conferencing technologies, many companies prefer to send their employees to meet clients face-to-face. That humanizing touch can be a deal-maker, but there is a risk involved: It requires employees to grit their teeth through countless airport disasters, often arriving four or five hours late at their destination hotels, and slogging through the following, critical workday on just a few hours? sleep...
...that "Jews run the government" and that "Jewish conspirators" are intent on destroying him. A portrait of Butler's hero, Adolf Hitler, hangs on the wall, and white-robed figurines of Ku Klux Klansmen decorate a shelf. He fiddles with a booklet of Nazi war art and clicks his teeth as he talks. At 82, he has failed in his goal of founding a whites-only homeland, and now he faces the prospect of being driven from his last redoubt...
...muskie. It is diabolical in its cunning, maniacal in its rage, unpredictable in its habits. It is the most awesome of all freshwater fish, a creature that captures the imagination, fires the spirit, and - alas - breaks the hearts of fishermen by the thousands." It's got mean little teeth, like a barracuda - or, to take some of the drama out of it, like a Jack Russell terrier. Bring a big one into the boat and you feel as if you have landed an alligator with a good tailor...
...elected leftist regime of Salvador Allende as a threat to its regional interests. But the U.S. is no longer in the business of sponsoring coups. And that means the Chilean military - and the former U.S. officials that backed its grab for power - may simply have to grit their teeth through any court proceedings. Indeed, Pinochet is still under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for the 1976 car bomb attack in Washington, D.C., that killed former Allende official Orlando Letelier and an American aide. But even if they did decide to prosecute, the Justice Department would have to take...