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Graduates from the '50s, '60s, and even the '70s remember an exodus to Washington, D.C. every June, as newly-minted Harvard B.A.'s flocked to Capitol Hill and various government agencies. The College was a major conduit for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), while public figures as varied as John F. Kennedy '40 and Ralph Nader (Harvard Law, 1958) surrounded themselves with bright, hopeful recent graduates...
...endangering the hostages. Liberia's President Charles Taylor, a longtime ally and patron of the Revolutionary United Front rebels, had over the weekend secured the release of some 139 peacekeepers after being urged to intercede by the U.N. But Taylor, himself a notorious warlord whose country has been the conduit for the diamonds mined by Sierra Leone's rebels to finance their war, warned Tuesday that any continuation of attacks against the RUF would endanger the lives of the U.N. personnel. And the international body appears inclined to heed the warning...
...conduit for information and ideas," he says...
...from the wizard of oz to reveal a midget with a microphone. I want to let everyone know that what seems important now - who is is cool and who isn't - isn't necessarily important in the long run. In that way, I'm really just something of a conduit...
...Islamic fundamentalist warlords, who have taken advantage of the confusion and abundance of arms to use it as a base for spreading rebellion in neighboring provinces. Russians often point to the Chechen government's ties to organized crime, and warn that an independent Chechen state could quickly become a conduit for drugs and smuggled arms. There is little doubt that that a Chechnya that wins its independence--but is devastated in the attempt--will quickly turn into a black hole of anarchy in the Caucasus...