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...wonder that from the moment Olmert chose Peretz, a Moroccan-born ex-union leader, as Defense Minister earlier this year, questions arose about his qualifications; like Olmert himself, Peretz lacked the military command experience almost all Israeli political leaders have possessed. Defense wasn't even the cabinet position he wanted. Last fall, he defeated Shimon Peres for Labour's top post and pulled his party out of Sharon's coalition, forcing Sharon to call new elections. Peretz tried to leverage Labour's second-place finish into a prominent cabinet post. He wanted Finance, but had to settle for Defense...
...blistering afternoon sun beats down, the fishermen of Garrucha (pop. 8,000) pull their boats into the harbor with the day's catch, and gather in a café on the dockside. Over coffee they talk for hours. "Fuel prices have risen, and fish prices are really low. We wonder if it is worth it anymore," says Juan Cervantes, 55, who began fishing on his father's boat at age 14, married a local girl at 17, and supported their four children by hauling fish from the Mediterranean. "My father fished. My grandfather fished. Many generations before them fished," says...
...fortunate that our nation had a leader as magnificent as T.R. at such a crucial time--the start of the modern era. Sadly, we have not seen the likes of him since. I wonder which of our contemporaries, if any, will grace the cover of TIME 100 years from now. MAYR MALOOL Lake Placid...
...since last July, when it made the AOL.com site free. Since then, it has begun offering several new services to attract more nonsubscribing visitors, launching TMZ.com an entertainment site, and buying Weblogs, a blog network. The new In2TV service offers hundreds of free episodes of old TV shows like Wonder Woman and Growing Pains. All that free content helped lead to a 26% growth in AOL's advertising revenue for the first quarter of 2006, which totaled $392 million. During the same period, Google's ad revenue grew 79%, to $2.25 billion...
...Every time you wonder why Billy the Kid is carrying around a bright red football. Seriously...