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...United States has also suffered many losses on account of the war. six hundred soldiers have lost their lives, and the death toll is still climbing, with new deaths reported every day. Almost $200 billion have been spent at the expense of important domestic programs, and we are currently facing the largest deficit of our generation. The American government’s unilateral efforts and contempt for international law have also distanced the U.S. from the international community. There are no signs that the world is a safer place today than it was a year ago, despite the invasion...
...what it will be about. Last week's events in Iraq came as one more reminder of just how high the stakes have become. The completion of an interim constitution offered a swatch of hope, even if the signing ceremony fell apart at the last moment. The horrifying death toll in ever more brutal bombings gave a reminder of all that remains to be done. No matter who wins in November, the challenge of fulfilling America's promise in Iraq will be with us for years to come...
...funding cuts take their toll, more and more sites are getting ignored. In the mid to late ’90s, Superfund cleaned up an average of 87 sites per year. In 2003, the program cleaned less than half that number. If Superfund continues to be the victim of tight budgets and misplaced priorities, even more sites will end up like Atlas...
These immense demands take their greatest toll during the first year, preventing likely science concentrators from even considering other options. First-years often fulfill Expos and language requirements in addition to taking foundational courses in math, physics, chemistry and related fields. Virtually all of these courses fulfill Core requirements in the sciences, so humanities and social science concentrators at least have some opportunities to explore them. But the tough reality for science concentrators is that the inflexibilities of the Core close off other concentration possibilities too early...
...changed in two decades," he says, "most people have not seen an ops center like ours, not even at NASA in Houston." Automated readers, located every 30 miles along the 33,000-mile system, scan the bar codes of passing cars and locomotives--basically the rail version of a toll tag--and wirelessly transmit that information. Customers can log on to the company's website to track shipments in near real time or get the data sent to their BlackBerries...