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...Marine. And he hasn't updated his old dress uniform by sewing on the chevron that shows his higher rank. His superiors put in for his promotion to staff sergeant last October, and it came through on Jan. 1--six weeks after Haditha. He says the jacket's too tight, anyway...
...York City runways last week, designers showed off their hippest new fashions, from tight miniskirts to billowing pantaloons, like the ones, left, from Marc Jacobs. It's just a matter of time before these looks trickle down to the early adopters, then to the mass market. Here's a play-by-play of how fashion happens, focusing on the leggings craze that was so hot last year (before those pantaloons). LONDON CALLING The leggings look resurfaced last fall when people like Kate Moss were spotted wearing them in London...
...much the same argument that Graham is making back in Washington, where he is helping turn what looked like a smart political strategy into an internecine battle among Republicans on Capitol Hill. White House and congressional leaders had hoped that focusing on terrorism in the final months before a tight midterm election would give their party an advantage over the Democrats. But they didn't count on a rebellion in their own ranks, made worse by the fact that it is led by Graham and two more senior members of the Armed Services Committee who also have impressive military credentials...
...Stem Cell Institute insist that is not the case. “We do not currently have enough money,” said Reeve. Although the Harvard Stem Cell Institute has raised about $50 million from private philanthropists and foundations, it still lacks sufficient funds given the tight regulations on federal funding for stem cell research, Reeve said. “With the fallout of the NIH money, you can’t backfill that solely with private funds,” he said. Distribution of funding does not seem to be a crucial electoral issue, said Jeanne Shaheen...
...Still, even though Bin Laden and Zawahiri may no longer speak for a large-scale tight-knit global web of operatives carrying out orders from the center, their tapes can serve as encouragement for localized self-starter cells. "Plotting radicals don't need membership cards or secret handshakes to do clandestine work," the French official says. "What they need is the feeling of association and direction, and at times assistance or orders from above. We've broken a few operational cells nearing attacks whose links and affiliations with the GSPC were fairly remote. But that didn't prevent them from...