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...captain who ran from Suwayrah, sits in his uncle's house in Baghdad, smoking cigarettes and drinking tea. "What happened shocked everyone," he says. "We had heard about the resistance from the regular forces in Basra, and so we thought that surely the Republican Guard would be even tougher. But we never fought. I am ashamed of what happened," he says, waving a hand in front of his face as if to wipe away the memory. --With reporting by Brian Bennett/Baghdad, Jim Lacey/Hillah, Simon Robinson/Kut, Mark Thompson/Washington and Michael Weisskopf/Mahmudiyah
...they would most like for Mother's Day. And what did they reply? Flowers? Chocolates? Dinner in Paris? No, what 72% wanted was this: a little bit of time to myself. The study also revealed that two-thirds were too exhausted to have sex and most felt they had tougher lives than their mothers'. And their moms didn't have to contend with the avalanche of parental-advice books. There you are thinking you're doing a pretty good job, when along comes an author explaining how, with a bit more effort, little Jake can be turned into Leonard Bernstein...
...state tax revenues help keep the agency afloat. And with the state government facing a huge budget crisis, and the MBTA contemplating another fare hike, it is sheer folly to throw away $33 million to pay for land that the transportation secretary ultimately controls. Meanwhile, the MBTA is facing tougher budgets in the recession. It would be folly to simply transfer money from one poor state agency to another. The MBTA should save its cash, let the Mass Pike take Harvard’s private funds, and rely on the safeguards already in effect to keep the railyard in place?...
...which leaves Roh in an awkward position during his White House visit. While campaigning for President, Roh promised to maintain peace on the peninsula at almost any cost, but the North's brinkmanship makes it tougher to argue for dangling carrots instead of wielding sticks. Seoul still wants further discussions and thinks the U.S. might eventually convince Kim to disarm by accepting the North's latest demands for economic assistance. But Washington isn't biting. Even U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely seen as relatively moderate, has refused to embrace the North's blueprint. "This proposal is a nonstarter...
...with the easier second round matchup comes a tougher first round matchup in Colonial Athletic Association champion Virginia Commonwealth (24-3), ranked No. 16 nationally...