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Born of Palestinian blood and raised in an American compound in Saudi Arabia, Khalil is accustomed to being different from those around her. Her father works for Aramco, the Arabian-American oil company, and her mother is a housewife. Growing up in the compound, Khalil escaped many of the strictures that Saudi Arabia imposes on women. Life at the compound acquainted her with Western ways that eased her transition into her California boarding school...
...weeks before graduation, the bare spots of the Yard are covered with $15,000 worth of a goopy green compound which looks like astro--turf ore waiting to be refined. According to Administrative Director of Operations Thomas E. Vautin, who assists in the organization, the compound is actually hydroseed--a mixture of grass seed, fertilizer, and pesticide. Though seeding is sufficient for most of the Yard and the houses, much-traveled spots like the lawn in front of Lamont Library require sod, which is more expensive, Vautin says...
...frozen out by two colleagues who generally reinforce Bush's own cautious instincts, Chief of Staff Craig Fuller and Pollster Bob Teeter. The first visible fissure in an otherwise harmonious and efficient organization, the Teeley move underscored Bush's failure to decide on an effective strategy. To compound the difficulties, Bush's sometimes startling deficiencies as a campaigner have emerged in some recent California performances. In a talk to a group of upwardly mobile Latino high school students, he clumsily implied that forgoing college and settling for blue- collar jobs was fine. Said Bush: "We need the people...
...most serious blows against Schafer came from the testimony of Baar, a onetime member of the colony's inner circle who escaped in 1984, leaving behind nine children. Baar decried his former colleague as a paranoid dictator who rode around the compound in a bulletproof Mercedes-Benz carrying weapons and ammunition...
...ratio instead of using a standard bicycle chain to transmit pedal power to the 11-ft. propeller. In addition, Aeronautical Engineer Mark Drela designed an extra-thin wing that provides 30% more aerodynamic lift than stumpier conventional wings. The team chose a strong, lightweight graphite compound to mold the plane's hollow, dime-thick spine...