Word: agente
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...They had been trained for a conventional struggle in which success is measured by gaining territory. In Vietnam, by contrast, there were no front lines to advance; the war was pervasive. An apparently benign peasant could be a guerrilla, a pretty prostitute a clandestine agent, the kid who delivered the laundry a secret informer. Flooded rice fields concealed spikes, booby traps permeated jungles, and barracks were vulnerable to terrorist attacks. No wonder the grunts were paranoid and their commanders frustrated. So strategy was reduced to a basic formula: kill as many of the enemy as possible in hopes of breaking...
...pirated videos and discs. Outside, televisions air graphic advertisements for clinics offering breast enlargements and other cosmetic surgeries. Dr. Cao Mengjun says his Fuhua Plastic and Aesthetic Hospital sees more than 2,000 people a year, half from Hong Kong. Cao is the inventor of "Amazing Gel," a filling agent injected straight into the body, and he offers everything from freckle-removal and teeth-whitening to "maidenhead recovery." Shenzhen's health authorities list eye-widening as the most requested alteration: the city's 1,600 cosmetic surgeons will open up an average 8,000 pairs a week. The look...
They had been trained for a conventional struggle in which success is measured by gaining territory. In Vietnam, by contrast, there were no front lines to advance; the war was pervasive. An apparently benign peasant could be a guerrilla, a pretty prostitute a clandestine agent, the kid who delivered the laundry a secret informer. Flooded rice fields concealed spikes, booby traps permeated jungles, and barracks were vulnerable to terrorist attacks. No wonder the grunts were paranoid and their commanders frustrated. So strategy was reduced to a basic formula: kill as many of the enemy as possible in hopes of breaking...
...Frank Keating: The Oklahoma governor was an official in both the Justice and Treasury Departments during the Reagan administration. He was also an FBI agent early in his adult life. There are ideological conservatives, however who are already putting up some resistance to Keating, expressing concern over his willingness to use devices like wiretaps to nab a criminal - devices which some conservatives worry are the first step to the end of privacy. Questions have also been raised surrounding Keating?s past financial dealings...
...Jack Lawn: Was contacted during the transition by Bush aides who asked if he would be interested in a job. He said yes, but no job was ever specified. Lawn has lots of admirers in Washington?s inner circles, including Bush Senior. A former FBI agent, Lawn took over the Drug Enforcement Agency during Reagan?s second term. He?s in his 60s now, and retired. He worked, most recently, for New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and for the Century Council (an anti-alcohol, anti-drug organization...