Word: commiting
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...some identifiable, organized conspiracy," says Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert at Georgetown University and previously at the Rand Corp. and CIA. But he changed his definition in the latest version of his book Inside Terrorism because "this new strategy of al-Qaeda is to empower and motivate individuals to commit acts of violence completely outside any terrorist chain of command." Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has dubbed Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan a "self-radicalized, homegrown terrorist" - a one-man terrorism cell. (See pictures of the memorial service for the Fort Hood victims...
...sure about my musical talents--sort of--but I'm not really sure about acting. I wouldn't like to commit to something and not do a good job. I think I would be a terrible actress...
...McGhee and Harrington, it does matter. They spent 25 years behind bars for a crime that they almost certainly did not commit. And now the men have gone to the Supreme Court not for justice but for the simple right to seek...
...less contentious than the first. Fraud is still likely, Karzai is still tainted by the corruption and inefficiency that have plagued his government for the past eight years, and the onset of Afghanistan's winter could delay balloting until spring. The Obama Administration, meanwhile, has signaled a reluctance to commit more troops to its campaign in Afghanistan until it has a legitimate government to work with. At some point, it has to start wondering whether it has a partner worth waiting...
...Democrats are ignoring. "I'm under no illusions that the policy proposals being developed here by this group will be accepted by [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi because they're not," Cantor says with a laugh. "But I do think with an eye toward 2010 that we do have to commit ourselves to the challenges that are not being addressed...