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...true believers and those who sought protection, a salary and food. Many non-Taliban commanders capitulated to the movement rather than fight, in order to retain their power and their men. Among the people of Tirin Kot, there is a binding dedication to Islam but not to the specific brand preached by the Taliban and especially not to the extreme forms of punishment the group meted out in the name of Islam. And they distance themselves from any ties to bin Laden's al-Qaeda. "People who joined the Taliban had no idea what the leadership was doing," says Timoor...
...terminal decline instead. The term, which the creators of jumptheshark.com say they coined, was inspired by the Happy Days episode in which a water-skiing Fonz jumps over a shark. Lately the term is being adopted in business to describe the point at which a once strong company or brand begins to slide. AutoWeek's review of the new turbocharged Volkswagen Beetle, for instance, says the car "threatens to jump the shark...
...chief of troubled preppy clothier J. Crew arrives well prepared for the task: as president of Gap Brand Worldwide, Pilot, 41, was responsible for merchandising and field operations in the U.S., Britain, Canada, Japan, France and Germany. Pilot rejoins Kathy Boyer, executive vice president of men's business, who left Gap's Banana Republic chain for J. Crew...
...actions. Says California's state schools chief Delaine Eastin: "We're almost surely going to have to lower what we define as proficient." Experts warn that the incentive to dumb down standards will only grow as the stricter provisions of the new law take effect, a move that could brand more than 70% of schools in some states as failing...
...true believers and those who sought protection, a salary and food. Many non-Taliban commanders capitulated to the movement rather than fight, in order to retain their power and their men. Among the people of Tirin Kot, there is a binding dedication to Islam but not to the specific brand preached by the Taliban and especially not to the extreme forms of punishment the group meted out in the name of Islam. And they distance themselves from any ties to bin Laden's al-Qaeda. "People who joined the Taliban had no idea what the leadership was doing," says Timoor...