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...even that might not be enough to win. He had already fired his campaign manager, retooled his stump speech and endured months of derision from party professionals for his dead-on-arrival campaign. He had ignored every piece of conventional strategy, decamped from his home field of New Hampshire, thrown everything at Iowa and held on tight. When the first results were coming in, he did not believe them. Early Iowa exit polls suggested a Kerry win; later ones, a blowout. "We were pinching ourselves," says an aide...
...Survey Platoon, nicknamed the Tomb Raiders, felt like my family after I read TIME's profiles of them. They are the best and brightest. Every American should be proud of them. The account of how TIME journalists Michael Weisskopf and James Nachtwey were injured after Weisskopf grabbed a grenade thrown into their humvee, saving the lives of several soldiers, gave sharp insight into what is really going on in Iraq. I understood what our troops face every day. As I read the article, I wanted to protect and praise each trooper. Thank you for this honest and valuable coverage. Tamara...
...gauntlet was thrown down during Primal Scream, as four Matherites stood outside Matthews Hall wearing only jackets with their House’s banner hanging from the dorm and the Soviet national anthem playing in the background...
...Raiders, was thought-provoking [Dec. 29--Jan. 5]. After I read the profiles of platoon members, I felt I knew them like my family. Every American should be proud of them. The account of how TIME journalists Michael Weisskopf and James Nachtwey were injured after Weisskopf grabbed a grenade thrown into their humvee, saving the lives of several soldiers, gave sharp insight into what is really going on in Iraq. I understood what our troops face every day. Thank you for this honest and valuable report. TAMARA M. ANTHONY Shrewsbury, Mass...
...serve more to bolster imperial self-confidence than Russian security. We can find other things that serve Russian security better than these 2,000 troops. The Russians have interests like safeguarding their southern borders, making them terrorist-proof. We have the same interests. But Russian troops can't be thrown out without any means of subsistence - anywhere to live back home. Maybe the U.S. or Europe can help. Russia should not be humiliated...