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...fact is, Pentagon brass have received warnings about the vulnerability of Fifth Fleet warships since at least 1996, following the Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia. More damaging fallout may emerge from probes into why the Cole was refueling in Aden in the first place. An Administration official said the U.S. was aware of "a general uptick in activity" in the past month among rogue groups hoping to use Arab-Israeli tensions as a justification for mischief. Yemen is a fertile staging ground for such mischief; the country is one of the world's poorest, and the government wields little...
...equally possible, however, that the Man from Midland, the Crown Prince of Kennebunkport, the Smirking Wonder, will actually grab the brass ring come November. At which point my much-beloved classmates will have to invest in some serious grief counseling...
...finally, help the committee think outside the box--or at least outside Harvard. The Corporation, the president, the provost and the other top administrative brass of the University think highly of their own ability to run the university, but they are unlikely to change the system they are used to. Rudenstine came from outside Cambridge, but inside the Ivy League; maybe you know of a candidate from another walk of life that could lead Harvard in a direction you would desire. The Clintons have been crossed off the list, but otherwise the gambit stands open to those willing to approach...
...mortar was spread on one of the foundation stones, which were all of Aquia sandstone quarried in Virginia; then a polished-brass plate with the names of the dignitaries and the date was pressed into the mortar and the cornerstone lowered in place...
...during the press conference in which the Knicks' brass introduced Glen Rice to the media, General Manager Scott Layden opened his press conference with a shocking -and unsolicited--comment. He said that no further moves were on the table, and that the Knick team as presently constituted is the team "we're taking to training camp...