Word: dragnet
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...while, law-enforcement officers were continuing the greatest dragnet the world had ever seen. FBI sources downplayed the possibility of a second wave of attacks. But less than three weeks after the catastrophe, Ashcroft said that a total of 480 people had already been arrested or detained. Hundreds more had been picked up around the globe, with authorities paying particular attention to possible terrorist support networks in Germany and Britain. Those scooped up included a few who appeared to have links to the hijackers, and some who just had the wrong sort of look at the wrong sort of time...
...Laden has many advantages operating in his favor as he tries to elude an American dragnet now spreading itself on the ground around and the skies above him. Sources tell TIME that U.S. special forces have been moving in and out of Afghanistan for three years now looking for bin Laden. Recently, the activity has been stepped up. But they face the challenge of capturing a man who knows the terrain, has dozens of hideouts and is surrounded by loyal followers. It takes five years of training to make a Delta Force operative, and of all the tactical missions...
...Laden has many advantages operating in his favor as he tries to elude an American dragnet now spreading itself on the ground around and the skies above him. Sources tell TIME that U.S. special forces have been moving in and out of Afghanistan for three years now looking for bin Laden. Recently, the activity has been stepped up. But they face the challenge of capturing a man who knows the terrain, has dozens of hideouts and is surrounded by loyal followers. It takes five years of training to make a Delta Force operative, and of all the tactical missions...
Consider Sarah Jusiewicz, now a sophomore. After becoming hooked as a teenager on such crime dramas as Dragnet and Diagnosis Murder, Jusiewicz knew she wanted to work in an FBI lab specializing in fingerprint analysis, ballistics and fiber comparison. So the New Jersey teenager applied to Appalachian, which offers a chemistry major with a forensic science concentration. The university's picturesque setting in the Blue Ridge Mountains didn't hurt its appeal...
...instance, when we think of TV history, we usually think of sitcoms, sci-fi series and Dragnet-style cop shows, largely because shows that don't have involved, ongoing plots have traditionally done better in syndication and thus became "classics." But series with complex, ongoing story lines that let characters evolve over the years have provided much of the best TV since at least Hill Street Blues. Only recently, thanks to the growth of niche cable channels, has there been room for shows like thirtysomething (Bravo), the talky, baby boom-relationship drama, or Roc (TV Land), the gritty comedy about...