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...Originally, Hannibal was a supporting character, too. The first two books have more or less the same plot. In Red Dragon, FBI profiler Will Graham, the man who caught and imprisoned Lecter, accepts his intercession and interference as a possible aid in finding a serial killer nicknamed the Tooth Fairy (because he leaves bite marks on his corpses). In The Silence of the Lambs, FBI agent Clarice Starling is tracking Buffalo Bill, and again Lecter played the brilliant, deranged, unreliable consigliere...
...recruits and retrain much of the current batch before they can turn combat responsibilities over to the Iraqis. There are already concerns that by rushing to strengthen the Iraqis, U.S. forces may be ignoring abuses committed by the very people they're training. "I am greatly concerned that U.S. aid--including weapons--has gone to Iraqi security forces who have violated human rights," says Senator Patrick Leahy, a senior Democrat from Vermont who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee. "We want to build up the Iraqi forces, but that does not mean we should support people who commit atrocities...
Hidden on page 15 of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative’s flashy booklet, “$hoestring $trategies for Life @ Harvard,” is a paragraph on the Student Events Fund (SEF). Easily skipped over in favor of the next section. “Finance & Romance: 11 Inexpensive Date Ideas,” that paltry paragraph nonetheless holds to key to one of Harvard’s most overlooked arts programs.Offered to an ever-increasing number of students on significant financial aid, the SEF provides free tickets to any student-produced event sold through the Harvard...
...Although Deep Springs charges no tuition fees, the school faces losing outstanding applicants to other top institutions that guarantee a financially-needy applicant four years of financial aid, as opposed to Deep Springs’ two. For some students, two years in the desert isn’t worth the perceived risk...
...French are right that military action in the south of Afghanistan isn't making many friends for the West, and they at least have been consistent in counseling against NATO taking on a war-fighting role. But the Taliban isn't going to yield peacefully to the economic aid and civic encouragement aimed at bolstering the embattled government of Hamid Karzai. Security comes first. At Riga the alliance underwrote a still vague plan for a "Contact Group' that would involve neighboring countries and international organizations in the search for a solution for Afghanistan. But Washington's velvet-gloved relationship with...