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...afternoon Clinton summoned Deutch, 56, to the Oval Office and practically ordered him to take the job. The former M.I.T. provost has a reputation as a blustery and tough manager at the Pentagon. The cia, says a congressional intelligence staffer, needs "a permanent leader who they know has the ear of the President." The White House insists that will be the case. As a sweetener to get Deutch to accept, his CIA job will be elevated to a Cabinet-level post, a position it has not enjoyed since William Casey ran the spy agency for Ronald Reagan. Casey's successors...
...most pages, eyes open, frozen in a terrified stare. Pools of blood fill the stumps of necks on headless torsos. The bodies of children caught in a bombing have been charred to cinders. The only discernible feature on a decayed corpse is the diagonal throat slash from right ear through to the spinal column-the ghoulish trademarks that every Algerian recognizes as the signature of the guerrillas who sprang from the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (F.I.S.). "The fundamentalists are vermin," declares a government official. "We must wipe them out, even if we have to kill millions of people...
Though the plot is fairly conventional and sometimes contrived, Roberts' script is a well-written and coherent student effort. She has a good ear for dialogue, and a sharp sense of humor that hits more often than it misses. Nobody's You is her second script produced at Harvard (her first, Hell On A Platter, appeared in the Loeb Ex last spring), and it shows a marked improvement in writing, content, and humor...
Skazyk "stood on his ear" according to Clarkson coach Mark Morris against the Golden Knights two weeks ago, a 2-1 Cornell win. Playoff experience might give the nod to the senior this weekend, but don't be surprised if Elliott gets an early call...
Some students have criticized Police Chief Paul E. Johnson's handling of this and other racially-tinged incidents during his 12-year tenure. They say that Johnson and the rest of the administration have turned a deaf ear to the concerns of students who have experienced alleged harassment from HUPD officers...