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...well-meaning, well-expressed, but by now well-worn disquisitions on how Islam does not teach terrorism, spy satellites can't replace human intelligence and killing innocent civilians is not noble. After a few questions, Josh announces that he needs to get "some of my friends" to field the tougher questions, allowing him to usher in the rest of the White House staff cast. It's a little like the scene in a kids' dental-hygiene film where the host says, "Now I'm going to get our old pal Mr. Floss to sing us a song about tooth decay...
Gutman has gotten all of his off-campus roomates to join the league as well, though their commitment to the tougher side of the sport is a bit shaky. “Sometimes the games are early,” says Gutman, “we don’t go to those. It’s tough. Sure we don’t have spring ball, film sessions, mandatory workouts or even practice, but we’re playing for the love of the game...
...pain looks likely to spread to other industries as corporate profits get hit. Many companies, such as Intel and United Technologies, are bracing for the call-up of the Reserves, which will sap those organizations of expertise that isn't easily replaced. And new, tougher security measures for cargo at airports, shipping ports and border crossings could disrupt the just-in-time supply chain that has been one of the key accelerators of growth during the past decade. Companies could be forced to carry higher, costlier levels of inventory. With critical parts delayed at the U.S.-Canada border, Ford, General...
Mansfield, who called last year for a “general deflation” in grades and for a return to the tougher grading standards of the late 1960s, said that he has been “exhorting members of the department who haven’t noticed the upward creep in grades to pay attention to what they’ve been doing...
...million of federal money into a fund to help airlines pay for tougher cockpit doors - "so our pilots will always be in command of the airplanes" - and "all kinds of technologies," namely transponders that can?t be turned off from the air, video monitors to alert pilots to trouble in coach, and even a way for air-traffic controllers to land planes by remote control. (The pilots unions are going to love that...