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Statistics are pliable things. Some people contend that the 338 American soldiers who have died in Iraq since the war began--215 in combat, 123 from noncombat causes--amount to a hearteningly low toll out of the 130,000-strong U.S. force. But others, including many of the troops, are dismayed that 199 of those deaths--101 combat, 98 noncombat--have come since Bush's May 1 declaration that "major combat operations in Iraq have ended." Even though some military officers contend that G.I.s are dying at a slower rate, soldiers say the unpredictability and ever-changing face...
...battle of attrition took its toll on the Black and White, as the crew finished nearly eight seconds behind Brown and nine and a half behind Princeton while just barely eking out a three-tenths of a second victory over the Wolverines...
These last two weeks of intense rioting, looting and over 65 deaths have left the landscape littered with destroyed toll booths and cut-down lamp posts and the major Bolivian city of El Alto with a severe food shortage. But this weekend, the protesters got their wish; President Sanchez has now fled to Miami...
...crew’s fatigue from the previous day’s racing took its toll as the varsity eight boat finished three seconds behind No. 8 Brown’s lead boat...
First, there is at least an uncertain and unstable and at worst a desperate and deteriorating situation on the ground in Iraq: guerrilla war; unguarded munitions and missing missiles; inadequate security personnel; a continuing death toll of U.S. soldiers; an assassinated member of the Governing Council; opposition to the occupation from the general population in the absence of services, utilities and jobs; barricaded offices and restricted mobility which contribute to stalemated reconstruction; the absence of U.N. and NGO humanitarian and development workers; hostility and jockeying among differing indigenous, ethnic and political groups...