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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Europe this week looks set to be dominated by the furor over allegations about CIA activities on European soil in relation to terror suspects. The issue has been the focus of a mounting clamor for answers in the weeks since the Washington Post first alleged that the CIA may have maintained secret prisons in Eastern Europe, culminating in a formal request by the European Union for an explanation. But sources tell TIME that Secretary Rice plans to come out swinging, shifting the focus back to the responsibilities of Europe?s governments...
Still, Filipino teachers continue to clamor for positions in the U.S., and they're attractive candidates: they're highly educated--many have advanced degrees--they have tons of classroom experience and most are fluent in English. "We mainly had to make sure their English was intelligible to our kids," says Duque. "So I'd ask them about their favorite movie or their favorite actor. I tried to give them questions they didn't expect." In the end, Duque hired 109 new teachers...
...students sometimes actually bang on the restaurant’s windowpanes until an employee furtively smuggles out a few quesadillas. And who can blame them for trying to satisfy a few hungry students? Additionally, as two new Dunster Street burger joints fire up their grills, we expect students to clamor outside their doors, too, if they close too early. Though it may seem bizarre for the undergraduate community to become so upset over the closing hours of a single restaurant, we have little choice. When quality late-night food options can be counted on the fingers of one hand, ordinarily...
...helped me while I was going through a lot of stuff,” he says of the Simon and Garfunkel song from which the tattoo derives its inscription. In the clamor of one of the largest Houses on campus, he’s still searching for that modest goal of tranquility and peace...
...minute was standard. Today back-end operations must handle a variety of complex charges, often from third parties, ranging from e-mail services to games, screensavers and other data transactions. As more consumers buy Internet-ready smart phones, and media giants like MTV, Disney, Time Warner and Fox clamor to deliver content to the "third screen," revenue leakage will only get worse. The solution? Mobile carriers need to revamp their back-end systems, ensure real-time authorization of purchases and secure their electronic storefronts. Even then, teens will probably outsmart them...