Word: contact
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...some other unknown reason—prevented the UM from fulfilling its duty to foster religious choice at Harvard. Bewildered further by a meeting with the UM in January, Father Woodruff had to write a letter the University President Lawrence H. Summers before the UM felt obliged to contact him again. This happened in May 2003, more than five months later, and, coincidentally, after that year’s UM application deadline. In this letter, sent by current UM Membership chair Pat McLeod, McLeod cited “concerns about the legitimacy of [the ACOI’s] receiving body...
...actually pulling the trigger on attacks such as the Madrid bombings. Instead, bin Laden and his deputies set broad objectives in their "State of the Union" type addresses periodically released to Arab broadcast media, and those objectives can be pursued by discrete terror cells who may never have direct contact with al-Qaeda's core leadership...
...commitment to the ideas he personifies - global jihad against the U.S. and its allies. In the language of commerce, al-Qaeda has become a brand, with bin Laden its symbol -a signifier that immediately explains its content. Local jihadi groups in Iraq or Turkey that have no operational contact with bin Laden's leadership cadre nonetheless proclaim their affiliation with al-Qaeda, because that association amplifies the meaning of a specific action - the bombing of a hotel in Istanbul or an embassy in Baghdad - by tying it to a global jihad. Claiming the "al-Qaeda" imprimatur also allows such groups...
...It’s weird that there’s been so little contact between Harvard and MIT. I’m psyched to have found this competition,” Marks said...
...while we chatted with each other. (O.K., so maybe I tend to babble.) And I wasn't thrilled with how I looked on the webcam either. I quickly discovered that video chatting involves a new kind of etiquette. You have to smile and give your webcam lots of eye contact. Before starting, it's also good to check the mirror to make sure you like how you look. And what if you need a bit of privacy during the chat? Hit the pause button to freeze your video image, and then mute the microphone. If you're quick, that will...