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...shooting a Jew, a gun salesman answers with similar assuredness, and points him towards an appropriate weapon. Another American urges Cohen to shave his mustache so that he looks less like “terrorist.” Upon hitching a ride from a caravan full of frat brothers, amid the generic male jostling, one youth takes the chance to gripe to Borat about how minorities are always “on top” in the United States. The shouts of support when he yells to a crowded stadium that he supports President Bush?...
Watson also served as a residential tutor in Lowell House. And in 2001, he filled in as the head instructor of Economics 1010a, “Microeconomics Theory,” amid mounting complaints from students about the course’s previous head...
...Goss's view on the effectiveness of John Negroponte as the nation's first director of national intelligence. Goss was supplanted as the last DCI when Negroponte took over the newly created position of DNI in April 2005. About a year later, Negroponte ousted Goss, with Bush's approval, amid tensions that grew in part out of disagreements over some of the new DNI's plans for stripping some anti-terrorism and other functions from...
...second day, the trail rides begin. The horses are as slow as molasses, but who would complain about a meander under snowcapped Hahn's Peak amid the golden aspens rustling in the early-autumn breeze? Work seems far away, but that morning's Zenesque classroom lessons are giving form to action. Double down on vanquishing the fear, arrogance and ignorance that can mar communication. Practice patience and a soft touch to elevate your horse's confidence in your judgment. Maintain a relaxed awareness of all around...
...radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr detained on suspicion of involvement in sectarian killings by Shi'ite militia. Sitting in traffic in downtown Baghdad is far more nerve-wracking than rolling down even the most dangerous road in the area. You wonder if there are any car bombs amid the traffic around you as you eye the gridlock. You wonder if any of the people who've glanced at you on the street might suddenly whip out a cell phone, call someone interested in kidnapping a Westerner and organize snatch of their own. You wonder if your bodyguards could...