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...white taxicab approached from the opposite end of the street. The Marines made hand and arm signals for the taxi to stop. But as the taxi halted near the first humvee, a bomb under the fourth humvee exploded, killing its driver--Lance Corporal Miguel (T.J.) Terrazas, 20, of El Paso, Texas--wounding two of his comrades and shattering windows 150 yards away. Marines said the convoy almost immediately began to take fire from several houses on either side of the road. Locals dispute that, claiming the only firing after the explosion was done by the Marines. Suspecting that the four...
...four Strickland children only Elaine, 35, had to drop out of ROTC, and that was because of asthma; she is now a nurse in Boulder, Colo. Meanwhile, in addition to Laura, there is Darwin, 30, a JAG officer who has already shipped out from El Paso, Texas. Sister Janis, 32, who got a military scholarship to medical school, is likely to fly to the gulf this week, after last-minute practice in treating blown-off legs and catastrophic burns and the effects of poison gas. She advised Laura on medicines to carry with her and is aware that...
...also taken care to sit down with officials in Harvard’s financial and almuni development offices, including President and CEO of Harvard Management Company Mohamed A. El-Erian as well as Donella M. Rapier, Harvard’s vice president for alumni affairs and development...
...Yakusho), on a hunt in Morocco, gives his local guide his Winchester rifle as a present. The guide sells the gun to a goatherd, who entrusts it to his two pre-teen sons to keep jackals away from the herd. The younger son, Yussef (Boubker Ait El Caid), a better shot with a more reckless disposition, tests the rifle's shooting distance by taking thoughtless aim at a bus on the road below their mountain redoubt. He fires, critically wounding one of the tourists inside. She is Susan (Cate Blanchett), on a marriage-saving vacation with her husband Richard (Pitt...
...join HMC from Wellington Management Company, where she currently manages over $20 billion in her capacity as director of foreign exchange. Previously, Feld worked for Chase Manhattan Bank as a managing director and the head of currency research for Chase Manhattan Bank. In a statement, HMC President Mohamed A. El-Erian said he looked forward to working with Parker Feld. “Karen brings to HMC proven strong portfolio management skills in the foreign exchange area, an excellent industry reputation, an outstanding intellect, and impressive academic credentials.” Feld, a Fulbright Scholar, holds a summa cum laude...