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...last four years are a quixotic testament to my inability to find such a place. Since Week Three of my first year, when it became clear that my closet-sized room with a desk that touched my bed was not going to suffice, the search has been on-going. I have circulated through every library, lobby and randomly-placed couch on campus. I have studied in the middle of Harvard Yard, in six dining halls, and in the Barker Center at 3a.m.. I have also “studied” in the rooms of everyone I know...
Improper lighting, extreme room temperatures, loud noises—including marching bands and ringing cell phones—timing errors and a lack of sufficient desk space were common complaints cited by test-takers...
...assure adroit handling of burgeoning intelligence reports, FBI officials have set up a new "counter-terror watch" desk, staffed around the clock, to assess and disseminate leads and threats faster and more adroitly to field agents and state and local authorities. Until now, few of these threats have been linked with Saddam Hussein. And since he is a secularist, some feel he may have less support among potential terrorists in the radical Muslim community. "But on the other side of the equation," says a senior counter-terror agent, "you will get a number of people who see the war against...
...wanted so badly to become a late-night talk-show host that he did. Right then. In his parents' living room. Essany got a slot on local-cable-access television, persuaded Mom to run the camera, put a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline behind his desk and over the next six years managed to book actual celebrities, including Jeff Foxworthy and Carrot Top. Well, all right, they're actual celebrities compared with any you could book into your living room. It's both inspirational and creepy. Essany's dedication is amazing, but what he's dedicated to--transforming himself into...
Originally from Newcastle, McNeil has also worked in the London Communications Office of the Home Department, where she worked for the Police, Counter-terrorism and Crime desk...