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...government service that took him on a fateful trip down a street in Washington. He saw a sign for The Washington Post, went inside, took a typing test, and was hired as a copy boy. But despite a distinguished career in which he served at the foreign affairs desk and the Moscow bureau of United Press International, some were still unconvinced of Danlioff’s innocence, Ruth says. “Ronald Reagan didn’t have that great of credibility, so when the U.S. government says someone isn’t a spy, people tend to think...
...leader of the free world then received a call-waiting beep, to which he responded with a high-pitched shriek of "Terrorists!" and what the transcript describes as "the sound of a skull bumping the underside of a desk." Added Bush, "Ouch...
...brains: the 70s, when the Nixon White House amassed a long Enemies List and used the FBI and its own resources to get dirt on suspected troublemakers, and our own, when anyone's telephone chats and email messages are in danger of winding up in a printout on the desk of a National Security Agency cybersleuth. All praise to Linklater for making this connection. Or maybe political history...
...Vatican insiders that these two recent decisions - along with a looming decision to replace Secretary of State Cardinal Angelo Sodano - is a sign that Benedict is getting a sure handle on the running of the massive church hiearchy. Still, the Pope knows he can't simply sit behind his desk in Rome. This trip to Poland, which will be followed this year by stops in Spain, Germany and Turkey, will at once pay proper homage to John Paul and show that there is a new man very much in charge...
When I began my junior year internship on the derivatives desk of one of New York’s big banks, I asked myself the same question I’m asking now. How does my Harvard liberal arts background prepare me to do anything besides more liberal arts? The answer I got was horrifying. “Don’t worry, you’ll pick it up in no time,” my co-workers said. For all of their unique frustrations, the liberal arts have one saving grace: they never stop being challenging. According...