Word: cog
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...while the alleged bombmaker's arrest was a huge breakthrough in the Bali case, investigators say he was probably a fairly small cog in a much larger machine. "If it was only Amrozi, that would be great," says Brigadier General Edward Aritonang, national police spokesman for the investigation team. "If we don't get the masterminds behind him, more bombs will...
Among those believed to be in hiding, of course, is the man the U.S. wants most. Bin Laden is "not just a cog in a machine that can be easily replaced," says a Pentagon official. "If he's gone, it could lead to al-Qaeda crumbling." The Pentagon's best chance to nab bin Laden came last December, when he was thought to be cornered in the craggy valleys of Tora Bora in eastern Afghanistan. The American strategy was to enlist Afghan proxies to search the caves for bin Laden while U.S. warplanes pummeled possible sanctuaries from overhead. The scheme...
Unofficially and a year later, after receiving only a “Minor H” despite quarterbacking two victories the previous season. While Harvard coach Tim Murphy rightly hailed Fitzpatrick as a key cog in last year’s undefeated run on Saturday, the sophomore has never received formal recognition as a full-fledged member of the 2001 squad since he played in a limited number of games. How’s that for a technicality...
...episodic quality, focusing on an individual, like the woman who cooks dinner for her five-years-late-from-work husband, then moving on to the next. A black cat's wanderings serve as the narrative link between them all. Other connections, less obvious, also slowly appear. A mysterious, cog-filled glass ball appears on the painter's table and again in another character's dream. Most brilliantly, some connections come as a result of matching visual styles - just as it should be for a smart, sophisticated, "graphic" novel. One explosion of color in this otherwise, black, white and soft blue...
Sheffield took injured sophomore Marc Hordon’s spot in the rotation this week, but this weekend proved that the senior will be a vital cog for the Crimson even after everyone is healthy...