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...should have been, advancing under heavy shelling as if in a light rain. It was perhaps the first modern "mission accomplished" moment. The U.S. thought it had the Korean War sewn up, but it spent the next three years slugging it out with Mao's "volunteers." In The Coldest Winter (Hyperion; 736 pages), David Halberstam, who died in April, brings angry wisdom to a conflict that, after the moral clarity of WW II, seemed remote and incomprehensible. It was the miserable prototype for wars to come...
...Winter Games in Turin, Luxembourg picked up a grand total of zero medals...
...About 700,000 students across the U.S. in grades 4 and 8 participated in NAEP reading and math exams, which were given last winter. The results show national trends, but also provide a window on how students in each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C., are doing. Since each state creates its own reading and math tests, NAEP provides a rare opportunity to compare, say, how kids are doing in Massachusetts (great) to how they are faring in the nation's capital (improved but still appalling...
...Tanna, a Vogue reader since age 12, becoming the title's editor has been surreal. Last winter, during her first Milan fashion week, she was feted by industry bigwigs. "When the flashbulbs went on and Giorgio Armani walked in and embraced me, it was one of those moments I'll remember forever...
...been as committed as any one of our players,” head coach Tim Murphy says. “His attitude has been tremendous, his leadership has been tremendous in winter workouts, spring football, and during his summer workouts...