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...world much faster than the Pentagon can. One reason the agency was the first into Afghanistan was that the Special Ops Command dragged its feet getting its soldiers ready for action. Intelligence sources tell TIME that the CIA had requested that commandos from the U.S. Army's elite Delta Force join its first team going into Afghanistan but that the Pentagon refused to send them...
...busy organizing their own future battles. Several hundred Army agents, with what was originally known as the intelligence support activity, train to infiltrate foreign countries to scout targets. With headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Va., the unit is so secretive, it changes its cover name every six months. Delta Force has a platoon of about 100 intelligence operatives trained to sneak into a foreign country and radio back last-minute intelligence before the force's commandos swoop in for an attack...
...heap of the airline business is littered with start-ups that tried to imitate a successful carrier and failed. But these are desperate times. Next week, 75-year-old Delta Airlines, which is losing money along with most other major airlines, will announce details of its own start-up airline called Song. Other major carriers have tried this tune before: US Airways and United started mini-airlines mainly to compete with low-cost king Southwest Airlines, but neither one is flying today...
Observers say Delta's move is an attempt to copy the extraordinary success of three-year-old JetBlue Airways, the New York-based carrier that is bucking the industry trend and making money with snazzy marketing, low fares, live TV on board and friendly service. Although Delta, which is expected to quietly shelve Delta Express (its previous attempt at an airline-within-an-airline), claims it is not duplicating any other airline, its marketing firm contacted the same designer who created JetBlue's stylish uniforms about doing the same for it (he declined). The new airline will offer only coach...
More than 80 women turned out to eat bagels and hear about the rush procedures of Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Gamma (DG) at Finagle-a-Bagel Friday, continuing a trend of increased interest in female Greek life on campus and confirming the Panhellenic Council’s decision to shop for a new sorority this spring...