Word: deltas
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...wide variety of organizations—from the fraternity Delta Upsilon to The Crimson—employ consensus-based systems of different sorts...
...bright spot may be passengers with thousands of frequent-flyer miles. Carriers like United and US Airways or the relatively healthier trio of Continental, Delta and Northwest are trying to strike code-sharing agreements, which theoretically give flyers a wider choice of airlines on which to redeem their miles. But as carriers slash the number of flights and look to maximize every penny, there will be fewer seats available. Some airlines may even choose to award the number of miles based on the ticket price paid. One thing there will definitely be fewer of is first-and business-class seats...
...wasn't just Pentagon nerves that got in the way of a more aggressive counterterrorism policy. So did politics. After the U.S.S. Cole was bombed, the secretive Joint Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N.C., drew up plans to have Delta Force members swoop into Afghanistan and grab bin Laden. But the warriors were never given the go-ahead; the Clinton Administration did not order an American retaliation for the attack. "We didn't do diddly," gripes a counterterrorism official. "We didn't even blow up a baby-milk factory." In fact, despite strong suspicion that bin Laden was behind...
...unclear how much fighting the three Afghanistan vets actually saw. One, Sergeant First Class Brandon Floyd, 30, who police say shot his wife to death and then killed himself on July 19, served with the elite and secretive Delta Force from November to January, the most intense months of fighting. Another sergeant first class, Rigoberto Nieves, who allegedly started the spate of killings in early June, was assigned to the 3rd Special Forces Group. He was deployed to Afghanistan from mid-March until just two days before he also shot his wife and himself, according to authorities...
...Jewish community and top Italian officials condemned the attack. Police said that several people apparently used iron bars and clubs to damage the graves and pry open one coffin. NIGERIA Oil Women Between 200 and 300 ethnic Ijaw women occupied four oil pumping stations in Nigeria's coastal Delta State. Run by ChevronTexaco, the stations are in the same area as the Escravos oil terminal that was occupied by unarmed women between July 8 and 18. That protest ended after the oil giant agreed to build schools and clinics, provide water and electricity service, set up farms and create jobs...