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Many who have been through the process have expressed frustration and disillusionment, citing lack of transparency and unreasonable length as main reasons for dissatisfaction. Because it is difficult to predict how long the clearance process may take for a particular recruit, the candidate is reduced to being a powerless bystander, unable to plan a personal life and career, waiting indefinitely for a thumbs-up from the Agency. For those currently holding jobs and looking for a career change into the Agency the hope for a quiet job search is blown as the investigators require interviews from the candidate's current...

Author: By Steve W. Chung, | Title: CIA Policies Discourage Top Recruits | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...difficult game for our guys to go through the news of losing the seventh-leading scorer in the country [entering the last game Clemente played] and playing a game in the same 24 hours," Coach Frank Sullivan said...

Author: By Richard A. Perez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Colgate Brushes by M. Basketball | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Late in the period, Stay discovered it very difficult to carry the puck down the ice after an Eagle had ripped the stick from his hands...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: The 'V' Spot | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...Harvard defense was tough to beat all day. The Crimson made it especially difficult for Mountaineer freshman Lauren Kokotajlo, who shot a mere 1-of-11 from the field, including 0-of-4 from the three-point line, despite being the team's top three-point shooter going into the game...

Author: By David R. De remer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Women's Basketball Tops Mount St. Mary's | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

...giant step in his winning march," he says. To that end, he moved Virginia's primary up to Feb. 29. As for Governor George Pataki's New York, which votes on March 7: fuhgeddaboutit. Despite improvements in the state's unconscionable ballot access requirements, Pataki has kept it sufficiently difficult that it would take a miracle for McCain to qualify in enough districts to have a shot. And Bush is even competing in McCain's Arizona, with Governor Jane Hull's help, which is forcing the Senator to spend scarce resources there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: Bush's New Fraternity Brothers | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

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