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...looking for a reason to exist. By the late 1990s the NSA was becoming obsolete, unable to keep up with the pace of technological change. The NSA netted millions more conversations at its worldwide listening posts than it could translate or interpret. The agency spent billions to eavesdrop on chatter overseas that moved by satellite--only to see the world move to harder-to-steal digitized cellular, e-mail and instant-messaging communications. Meanwhile, at the NSA's sprawling Fort Meade, Md., campus, the agency's director could not send an email to all the NSA's 38,000 employees...
...tease came with a smile and chatter that got me through the first few minutes. Two more sportswriters joined the group, and an hour later, I was actually enjoying myself...
While intraparty tensions ran high among the Dems when the primary was involved, they put aside their differences after hours, when debates finished and television pundits mouthed superficial insight and insubstantial chatter into the night. As Kerry fans and Deaniacs came together to share a pitcher of beer, cameras preserved the memories of fun times on the campaign trail...
...fact that homosexuals are simply asking for what heterosexuals have always had - the right to embrace or shun this "bourgeois structure" and not have a government make the decision for them. Mamère's initiative has in any case given the political class in France something to chatter about. But it's hardly a major act of civil disobedience. The Green leader's legal advisors point out that the fine he faces for disobeying the prosecutor's warning comes to €4.50 - the modern equivalent of the 30 franc penalty set for such infractions in a 1946 revision...
...spoonful of frozen Dijon mustard powder that, as one of the lab-coat-donned waiters puts it, "really opens up your taste buds." Corkscrew flatware stuffed with lavender and bruleed garlic enhances the olfactory experience of eating scallops and daikon radish in a Brazil-nut puree. Dining chatter revolves around how they are going to serve, let alone create, dishes like "12-year Gouda ice cream with balsamic vinegar." Moto, a whiplash blend of science and art, will captivate some and annoy others. Most dishes triumph (especially the fish courses), while some--well, maybe we're not quite ready...