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A decade after Iraq invasion, America’s voice in Baghdad has gone from a boom to a whimper
BAGHDAD — The United States set the tone for its new relationship with Iraq a decade ago with a bombing campaign dubbed “shock and awe,” and spoke with a booming voice during the ensuing years as it shaped the country’s future. Today, America’s voice here has been reduced to a whimper. With no troops on [...]
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March 24, 2013 by with Comments (0)
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A Private Boom Amid Detroit’s Public Blight
DETROIT — Private industry is blooming here, even as the city’s finances have descended into wreckage. In late 2011, Rachel Lutz opened a clothing shop, the Peacock Room, which proved so successful that she opened another one, Emerald, last fall. Shel Kimen, who had worked in advertising in New York, is negotiating to build a [...]
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March 5, 2013 by with Comments (0)
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