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...terms of military, diplomacy, intelligence gathering and synthesis, the system is being stretched. The CIA, with a limited number of spies and a small paramilitary force, will find it hard to wage a worldwide war against al-Qaeda at the same time as it must collect evidence of weapons programs in Iraq and perhaps hunt down Saddam Hussein. A war in Iraq, says a senior U.S. intelligence official, "will make things harder but not impossible. It cannot help but strain...
...entourage—my aunt, my uncle, two cousins and a family friend—mounted motorbikes driven by local men parked near the bank. These drivers sat here daily, dirtied by mud and sweat, eager to collect their fee of 2,500 Vietnamese Dong (roughly 17 cents). We bumped down dirt roads, ducking as tree branches swung at our heads, and were eventually dropped off in a field of tall grass. Somewhere past this field Ông Ngoai (Grandfather) was resting on the farm he cultivated as a young man—the same farm where my mother...
...said when I returned to Georgia at the end of April. “You quit for no reason! How drop-out make money?” Suddenly she thought I might end up as a middle-aged man, dirtied by mud and sweat, eager to collect 2,500 Vietnamese Dong. During her childhood, depression and personal turmoil were to be expected. My task, she thought, was to press on, to speed through school and complete life’s mission to support my family. Instead of carrying water buckets I was to carry books—no matter what...
...first solo capital campaign in the school’s hundred-year history, HBS is looking to collect $500 million in gifts from its alums—half of which has already been raised in the so-called “quiet phase” before the campaign’s public announcement and kickoff last month...
...common cause. "During the World Cup we all came together. That is how Koreans are strong. We must teach children to treat the environment with respect. In Korea we can do that and succeed." Pulling a cigarette butt from his pocket, he explains, "Even my cigarettes, I collect them and take them away with me." At least he has something to carry home because, today, the fish aren't biting...