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...bloodshed at Haditha is on the hands of President George W. Bush. The full horror of the Iraq war is beginning to emerge. Could Haditha be just the tip of the iceberg? The tragic war in Iraq should serve as a lesson to the U.S.: Never again should you elect as President a person who makes unilateral and rash decisions, one who acts first and thinks later. Peter Karanja Nairobi...
...bizarre plot could have proved ruinous for Coca-Cola: thieves tried to sell some of its secrets to PepsiCo. But after a tip from Pepsi, the FBI last week arrested the culprits. "Competition can be fierce," says Pepsi spokesman Dave DeCecco, "but must also be fair and legal." Here's how the soda sting went down...
Evans is the tip of the spear on what may be the most ambitious business effort in the 231-year history of the U.S. Army: an attempt to adopt a management theory, Lean Six Sigma, across the entire service. More comprehensive than the attempt in the 1960s by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara to introduce the highly quantitative "system analysis" to the Pentagon, this is an enormous experiment: the Army has an annual budget of $160 billion, with 1.1 million men and women in uniform, and it employs an additional 230,000 civilians. "This is the largest deployment of management science...
...cops had my patient's face mashed down into the black vinyl foam pad that covered the gurney, in the process asphyxiating him. The other two were taking turns yanking his arms up behind his back and punching his kidneys. The fourth officer was ramming the tip of his nightstick into the base of the patient's spine. Two on one is unfair, three is brutal, four-even for a good cause-just turns your stomach. I had to argue with them to let me roll him over...
...VAIL: With its spectacular Alpine setting, ski runs and seemingly endless forests, the Colorado town of Vail is one of North America's best winter resorts. But here's an insider tip: it's sensational in summer too. Low-season activities are snow-free but action-packed, and include biking, hiking, horseback riding and river rafting. Enjoy a round of golf (balls fly 20% further on Vail's high-altitude courses) or an evening of culture (dance and music festivals run through the summer). There's even pleasure to be had in totting up your bill: lodging is discounted...