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...claim, as U.S. officials had privately done, that it was simply allowing the Colombians to mount today's rescue. U.S. Ambassador to Colombia William Brownfield confirmed Wednesday night that the U.S. had been involved in the planning and intelligence-gathering stages of the operation. One fortunate politician who can bask in this American policy victory is John McCain, who just happened to be visiting Colombia when the rescue was announced...
From these beginnings have emerged two great retailing successes: Mackey's Whole Foods Market is the leading natural-foods supermarket chain; Tindell's Container Store has the storage-and-organization category it invented pretty much to itself. And lately, ceos Mackey and Tindell have reconnected--partly to bask in the shared joys of being rich former slackers ("You have a Frisbee golf course on your ranch too?!?") but mainly to discuss the approach they say has enabled their success. I got to sit in on such a chat at Whole Foods' headquarters in Austin. (A transcript is at time.com/mackeytindell....
...government, wary of relations with China, had not until now allowed the young man, whom the Dalai Lama had taken under his wing, to travel internationally. Followers here who have not seen their leader since his predecessor died in 1981 (they believe four years passed before his reincarnation) will bask in his attention and teachings. "The previous Karmapa visited the U.S. several times and his dharma activity here was vast," he said (this time through a translator). "It is my hope to continue that." He added, "My work is not going to be conducted only among other Buddhists...
...mean time, of course, Damascus can bask in the accolades of its more militant allies. "Syria is a partner of the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon, and it can get a share of the victories in Palestine in Lebanon," said Ibrahim Amin Sayeed, chairman of the political council of Hizballah, which gets its weapons from Syria and Iran. "And there are many victories ahead...
...Teng told the audience, adding that the light was “a warm glow.” Teng’s intentions were benevolent, of course. We all get lonely, things fall apart, and sometimes, everything seems lost. If we can find a warm glow, we should bask in it.Yet there is something tragic in all of this: the terrible, consuming misconception that this “warm glow” can be found in endless hours of public secret-sharing. Could it be, as sufferers hope, that public confession or sharing will free us from the burdens we?...