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...Qaeda COO to talk. Washington will say only that it has stowed Zubaydah in a secure location while tending to his bullet wounds and that he may be transported to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he could become the first al-Qaeda man tried before a military tribunal. But more crucial than Zubaydah's ultimate destination will be any stops he makes along...
...Cornel West’s recruitment to Harvard was crucial in establishing the department’s place of leadership in the field of Afro-American studies,” Gates said in a statement released this afternoon. “He will be sorely missed and my colleagues and I wish him well in his new position...
...lessons of September 11 is that there were crucial breakdowns in information sharing between state and local police officers and the FBI. For instance, it was only after the World Trade Center attacks that officials discovered that four of the September 11 hijackers had been stopped for speeding at various times. If police officers had known that the FBI was looking for the men, law enforcement officials would have had a better chance at tailing them - and perhaps uncovering the terror plot...
Shakir rode that hot streak into the postseason. In that crucial at-bat against Princeton, he lofted the second pitch over the drawn-in infield for a two-run single, giving Harvard the lead—and the title...
...laws to prevent children from becoming future addicted smokers. Retailers should be harshly punished for selling to minors, demand proof of age and prohibit vending machine sales. But state governments are not making serious efforts to implement these changes because to do so would mean losing future tax revenue crucial to finance state programs. Even the nineteenth-century French ruler Napoleon III, who was urged to ban tobacco, once remarked, “This vice brings in 100 million francs in taxes every year. I will certainly forbid it at once—as soon as you can name...