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Karzai's foray into Afghanistan was more discreet than Haq's. On Oct. 8, Karzai spread word that he was traveling to Rome to confer with the aging King. Instead, Karzai and a group of armed and loyal tribesmen grabbed a sat-phone and headed into southwest Afghanistan, the Taliban stronghold. For weeks, Karzai met with tribal elders, probing what success an insurrection backed by U.S. firepower might have against Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Karzai eluded the Taliban until last week, when its network of spies picked up his movements along the mountain trails of Uruzgan. On Thursday, Karzai...
...midterm grades, FM gives you “Balderdash with the Professors”. This fun game is designed to remind you that even though they may be able to deem your paper “undirected, unsupported and unresearched”, the title of Harvard Professor does not confer upon its holder omniscience. So next time you’re stumped on question number five of the world’s hardest problem set, remember that the creator of this torturous assignment probably doesn’t know the definition of quandong either...
...since a 1999 bomb killed 40 people near his old mud-brick home in his former village. He permits no photographs and rarely appears in public. He is said to be 5 ft. 10 in. tall, heavily bearded and imposing despite his stitched-shut eye. He is thought to confer personally with perhaps eight or 10 men whom he has known and trusted for years. His whisper-soft voice wields absolute authority. Yet when a Pakistani delegation arrived for an audience several weeks ago, Omar greeted its members simply, outside, seated on the gravel...
...closest aides, Bush instructed a military operator to place a call from Air Force One to the last American who had had to grapple with the decision of whether and how to go to war. When his father came on the line, Bush cleared the cabin so they could confer privately...
When freshmen arrive for one of the two-day orientation sessions held over the summer, their parents are invited to come along. About half do. While the kids take placement tests and register for courses, their parents attend lectures on the development of young adults, confer with parents of current students and get tips on how to gauge their kids' academic progress. ("Ask your students their professors' names two or three weeks into the semester" is one piece of advice from freshman seminars director Rennie Brantz. "If they don't know, they're not engaged...