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...BSA’s incoming treasurer, Jamilah R. Ryan ’05, agreed that the dearth of candidates was “not a worrying sign...
Whitton has begun to form the same type of close bonds that she shared with her classmates with sophomores and seniors, but she is aware of the dearth of juniors at times...
Most New Yorkers can only dream of living as well as JERRY SEINFELD's cars. Many Manhattan residents recoil at the thought of keeping even one car in a city with a dearth of parking spots and an abundance of zealous meter readers. But Seinfeld, who can safely be called a car enthusiast, owns 20 Porsches, which he likes to keep near his Upper West Side apartment. With an excess of time, money and nurturing instincts, he decided to build the cars their own three-story garage three blocks from his residence. Construction on the project began...
...dearth of qualified intelligence officers on the ground in Afghanistan has forced the U.S. to count on unreliable sources, dramatically increasing the risk of military mistakes, impeding the hunt for al-Qaeda leaders and giving Omar, bin Laden and their henchmen time to slip away. "The U.S. is totally dependent on locals, who have their own agenda," says an expert in the region. A senior intelligence official disputes the scope of the problem, telling TIME that "this institution has never produced better human intelligence than it does today--but that doesn't mean that we don't need...
...roughly 100 U.S. troops to Yemen. And yes, it plans to send 200 Americans to the former Soviet republic of Georgia to train that nation’s military, because reports suggest that terrorist groups have taken refuge near the Georgia-Chechnya border. But such decisions hardly signify a dearth of “clear direction.” These moves are merely precautionary actions; they do not amount to new large-scale operations that would needlessly endanger American troops or compromise our larger goals...