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...Crimson’s 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs on Saturday was understandably characterized by staunch defense and clean pitching, while the 12-0 pummeling of Holy Cross on Wednesday was indicative of Harvard’s powerful offense...
CONTEXT U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told a British newspaper that the U.S. fears its next major terrorist attack could be carried out by "clean-skin terrorists" in Europe who feel they are treated as second-class citizens. He warned that the visa-waiver program, which allows citizens from some European countries to enter the U.S. without a visa, could be an open door for the terrorists...
USAGE The term clean-skin, once used to describe drug traffickers without a record, morphed in the late 1990s to characterize potential terrorists who weren't on any watch lists. But several have already proved their deadly capabilities: the British government classified the four July 2005 London train bombers as clean-skins. Richard Reid, the would-be shoe bomber, was a clean-skin as well. Following the London transit attacks, Britain began to crack down on the threat by doubling its élite police antiterrorist squad and stepping up efforts to recruit spies within Muslim communities...
...settling the Kirkuk issue will turn into an ethnic struggle. Kirkuk is a major staging ground for Arab insurgents trying to infiltrate Kurdistan, and Kurds say they could do a better job than the Iraqi government of maintaining security there. "If we had control of Kirkuk, we could clean it out in two months," said Abdullah Ali Muhammad, head of Kurdish security forces in Arbil. Other Kurdish officials warn that if the referendum is delayed, Kurds forced out of Kirkuk by the old regime's ethnic-cleansing program would try to return on their own. If that happens...
...that are planning to come here and kill us ... is something I understand better than anyone else running for President." And that may well be true. To the extent that counterterrorism requires intensive police work, Giuliani certainly has the skills and experience to do the job. He would undoubtedly clean up the mess in the Department of Homeland Security. He might be bullheaded enough to prevent Congress from buying more of the cold war weapons systems that the Pentagon doesn't want, and redirect the money to the spies and surveillance needed for the long-term struggle against al-Qaeda...